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, resilience 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

  • Serving side by side: a father-daughter duo on deployment

    Meet Army Master Sgt. Jason Minyard, and Army 1st Lt. Beth Minyard, a father and daughter serving side by side on deployment at Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB), Saudi Arabia. The Minyards are attached to the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, which is

  • Airman serves alongside father at AAFB

    The roar of jet engines fills the air as the Mighty 97th’s fleet soars through the clear blue sky. Amidst the chaos, a bond stronger than steel is forged on the ground below. Staff Sgt. Bryson Fry, a ground transporter from the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron, and his father, Branden Fry, a

  • Legal Office shares resources for parents, students amid PCS season

    Officials from the Hanscom AFB Legal Office are reminding parents and guardians of the legal protections around school transitions for students when families undergo a permanent change of station. School transitions trigger crucial protections for all military children, including some college-level

  • A Lifesaving Encounter: A Red Cross Volunteer’s Heroic Act

    Tiffani Grochalski, an American Red Cross volunteer, was awarded the Red Cross Certificate of Merit for saving an individual's life on Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 23, 2023. The Certificate of Merit award, the highest accolade within the Red Cross’ Lifesaving Award Program, recognizes the

  • Celebrating family and 75 years of the Air Force Reserve

    Hundreds of members of the 403rd Wing and their families gathered at Keesler Air Force Base's Marina Park June 3 for the Wing’s annual Family Day. Coinciding with the 75th Anniversary of the Air Force Reserve, this event displays the camaraderie and family values that the Reserve represents.

  • Inspire Shaw celebrates Team Shaw

    U.S. Airmen assigned to Shaw Air Force Base volunteered their time to take part in the Inspire Shaw campaign on base as part of a wider resiliency campaign here, May 1, 2023.Airmen stood at the three entrances leading to the base, holding signs displaying positive messages to welcome Shaw personnel

  • Cultivating species, healing hearts

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Airmen and civilians gathered at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center’s Butterfly Garden to re-beautify the garden on May 3. The 88th Civil Engineer Group held the event to provide parents who have experienced the loss of a pregnancy or a child a space to

  • Yokota True North provider and her “Ikigai”

    Each year, we recognize May as Mental Health Awareness Month to raise awareness about and normalize mental health struggles. It’s a great reminder to check in with yourself and each other and reinforce healthy coping strategies. It is also a time to intentionally reduce the stigma surrounding mental

  • Yokota spouses take incentive CV-22 flight

    Military spouses flew over Tokyo via CV-22 Osprey, from Yokota Air Base, Japan May 12. The experience provided the opportunity to show gratitude to the spouses of team Yokota.The 353rd Special Operations Wing with 374th Airlift Wing support, provided flights on the CV-22 to showcase the Pacific Air

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