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

  • SOCCENT hosts their first-ever Spartan Spouse Day

    Special Operations Command Central hosted their first-ever Spartan Spouse Day at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, June 13, 2017.The event was an opportunity for spouses to learn and experience about the special operations community, and get a glimpse of the training requirements their loved ones

  • Keesler Independence Day celebration set for July 1

    The annual Pops in the Park Independence Day fireworks show, open to ID card holders, is scheduled for July 1 from 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Marina Park here.The event is a celebration where friends and family can relax, participate in outdoor activities and watch a firework display at the end of

  • Salute Picnic: 17 years later, 10 times the fun

    The Top of Utah Military Affairs Committee (TOUMAC) invites all active duty, Guard and Reserve military and family members to join them for their annual "Military Salute Picnic" on July 14 at Centennial Park. No speeches are planned; just fun, food and entertainment.

  • Field day closes out Wingman Week

    Col. Debra Lovette, 81st Training Wing commander, delivers remarks as Chief Master Sgt. Vegas Clark, 81st TRW command chief, stands by during field day June 15, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Field day was the final event of Wingman Week, which focused on the physical pillar of Comprehensive

  • Dragons compete for Wingman Week trophy

    Heath Harris, 81st Training Support Squadron technical engineer, participates in a golf putting competition at the Bay Breeze Golf Course June 14, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The competition was one of several Wingman Week events focusing on resiliency and teambuilding initiatives across

  • Defenders participate in Wingman Week resiliency training

    Senior Master Sgt. Richard Crim, 81st Security Forces Squadron superintendent, provides a resiliency brief at the 81st SFS building June 15, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The briefing was one of several Wingman Week events focusing on resiliency and teambuilding initiatives across the base.

  • Dragons focus on resiliency

    Capt. Adam Dell, 81st Medical Operations Squadron mental health flight commander, provides a suicide prevention briefing to members of the 81st Training Wing staff agency at the Sablich Center June 12, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss The briefing was one of several Wingman Week events focusing

  • Col. Lovette hosts first commander's call

    Col. Debra Lovette, 81st Training Wing commander, speaks to Airmen during a Commander’s Call in the Bay Breeze Event Center June 12, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The Commander’s Call was one of several Wingman Week events focusing on resiliency and teambuilding initiatives across the base.

  • Young Airman, there’s no need to feel down; Armed Services YMCA

    Young Airman, there’s no need to feel down. I said, young Airman, pick yourself off the ground. I said, young Airman, because you’re at a new base there’s no need to be unhappy.The Armed Service YMCA of Altus Air Force Base is a standalone non-profit organization that works with several facilities

  • 18th CMSAF ventures to Misawa to listen, encourage

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright spoke with 35th Fighter Wing Airmen addressing their concerns and critical roles in the Indo-Asia-Pacific during his theater immersion tour, June 9.The 18th CMSAF learned about the “Wild Weasel,” Koku-Jieitai, or Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Naval