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

  • Resiliency: An Airman's Greatest Strength

    Balancing work and personal life can be a challenge in the Air Force. Airmen must often work long hours, take on additional duties, and keep up with their training. They often learn to be resilient to manage stressful situations, which can be important to get them through the day. For U.S. Air Force

  • The Super Bowl has the Kelce Brothers, the AF has the Oliver Brothers

    Did you know that the Wright brothers only flew together once? It was unwise for both of them to risk both of their lives at one time, but they decided the call for brotherly bonding was a risk worth taking. That is exactly what happened when two brothers met for an exercise here on Guam and decided

  • Pride of the Pack: SSgt Tommia Miller

    Congratulations to Staff Sgt. Tommia Miller, 8th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron mental health technician, for her selection as this week’s Pride of the Pack!

  • AFSVC begins rollout of BMX stunt tour 

    The Air Force Services Center will begin rolling out the first leg of a new free BMX stunt tour to five installations in the month of March with an expected expansion to additional installations as the schedule progresses.   

  • Chief Reyes: Guiding the force

    For many Airmen around Tyndall, Chief Master Sgt. Luis Reyes, 325th Mission Support Group superintendent, is known as a friendly face with tons of energy and no shortage of constructive criticism to offer any Airmen he may come across.

  • 16th Air Force headquarters welcomes new four-legged wingman

    Suicide, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder … these are all challenges that the workforce deals with daily and affects the Total Force.  16th Air Force knows the best way to accomplish the mission is to keep the backbone of the unit strong and support the team through resiliency

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