MILITARY AND FAMILY READINESS

Military and Family Readiness is a network of programs and services operated by the Defense Department and other federal, state, and community-based agencies and organizations. The Military Family Readiness System promotes military family well-being by offering programs and services that enhance family readiness and quality of life. Collaboration and integration across the system promotes positive outcomes for service members and their families across the domains of military family readiness, including career, social, financial health and community engagement.

The Military Family Readiness System supports every service member and family member, regardless of activation status or location, in person, by phone and online. To locate your nearest center, please go to the Military and Family Center Locator.

For more information on services we provide, please select from one of the buttons below.  

Military and Family Readiness Services

Family Support

Child and Youth Programs The Department of the Air Force Child and Youth Programs assist military and civilian personnel in balancing the competing demands of the mission and family life by catering programs and services for eligible children and youth from birth through 18 years of age.

Spouse State Licensure Moving across state lines creates barriers to career longevity, and those obstacles are heightened by state and career-specific professional license regulations. Licensure portability refers to the ability to transfer a professional license from one state or U.S. jurisdiction to another so that a professional can continue their occupation after relocation.

Spouse Employment Fact Sheet Accelerating the development of interstate compacts to support professional license reciprocity for Military Spouses. 

Commissary Fact Sheet We are changing the commissary funding model to ensure the Defense Commissary Agency can provide the greatest savings possible to patrons. This action cuts grocery prices at the register to achieve at least 25% savings for commissary patrons.

Moving Fact Sheet The Military OneSource PCS & Military Moves page connects service members and their families to everything they need to master PCS moves, from making a move request to getting support for all areas of their move. 

Dislocation Allowance Fact Sheet Dislocation Allowance is a single payment intended to cover the cost service members incur when relocating their household for a PCS move. 

Expanded Military Parental Leave The Expanded Military Parental Leave Program builds on the Defense Department’s support of military families by streamlining and enhancing parental leave.

MILITARY AND FAMILY NEWS

  • Red Carpet Tour introduces spouses to Air Force, 362nd TRS

    The 362nd Training Squadron's Red Carpet Tour gives permanent party, Airmen in Training an opportunity to get integrated into Air Force life and culture as well as learn about some resources that are available to them and their families.

  • Annual Cookie Drive sweetens holidays for Airmen

    Team Moody spouses packaged cookies for dorm Airmen during the Annual Moody Airmen Cookie Drive, Dec. 4-5, here.Local organizations, Airmen and spouses donated more than 8,000 cookies to approximately 700 dorm residents to show appreciation for the Airmen during the holidays.

  • Moody brightens holidays at Tree Lighting Ceremony

    Team Moody held the Tree Lighting Ceremony, Dec. 1, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The annual event brings the base community together as a way to show thanks for their continuous sacrifice and celebrate the holiday season. The celebration included a parade, raffle give-a-ways, children’s

  • O'Christmas tree, O'Christmas tree

    Eglin families line the bleachers around the base Christmas tree for the annual lighting ceremony Nov. 30 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

  • Wing hosts annual family day festivities

    Hundreds of Citizen Airmen and their families gathered in Hangar 750 to celebrate the 920th Rescue Wing’s annual family day Dec. 2, 2017.This year’s event included spouse flights in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, a Santa’s Helper aircraft rappel demonstration, a meet-and-greet with Santa, a

  • 11th Wing spreads holiday cheer with lighting ceremony

    Imagine Andrews Public Charter School students sing during the 11th Wing Holiday Lighting Ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 30, 2017. Military families attended the annual lighting ceremony, which provided the base with a time to celebrate holiday cheer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st

  • Junior deployment 2017: Kids go downrange at Laughlin

    Children from Team XL and Del Rio fell into formation, Nov. 18, 2017 to inprocess before spending a morning in a mock deployment at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.The junior deployment, held by Laughlin, was designed to support Military Family Month and help young military family members and

  • Moody kicks-off Angel Tree event

    The Airman & Family Readiness Center kicked off the annual Angel Tree event, a donation drive which raises gifts for children of Moody Airmen, Nov. 27, here. Each year, community members pull ornaments from the Christmas trees located at the Base Exchange and the Freedom 1 Fitness Center with a