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.

AIR FORCE FAMILIES FOREVER

EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES

FINANCIAL READINESS

CRISIS SUPPORT

RETIREE SERVICES

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

COMMANDERS KEY SUPPORT PROGRAM

PERSONAL AND WORK LIFE

TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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DEPLOYMENT 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.

July 12, 2022
USU medical student chose the Air Force "to honor grandfather"

Second Lt. Jonathan Buchinsky joined the United States Air Force to honor his grandfather’s decision to join the branch decades before, a choice that positively impacted his family for generations.
July 8, 2022
Duke Field chaplain’s office expands team

The 919th Special Operations Wing chaplain team recently welcomed a new member to provide resiliency support and counseling to Airmen throughout the unit.
July 6, 2022
Pilot brothers reunite in the Pacific

After following in their father's footsteps by commissioning as pilots in the U.S. Air Force, two brothers find the physical distance between them growing as their piloting careers take off, until a training exercise landed them together again. Brothers U.S. Air Force Capt. Tyler Guss, 128th
June 30, 2022
Airmen, civilians, family members prep for Air Force Marathon, develop resiliency

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A group of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel gather at a path on Skeel Avenue to run every Monday at 4 p.m.The route is 1.1 miles each way and participants are encouraged to run as much as they would like.The group formed around the start of the
June 28, 2022
363 ISRW Airman qualifies for Air Force Gaming team

His gaming passion started when he was only five-years old and he was playing “Need for Speed Underground,” a fast-paced street racing game. Fifteen years later, this gamer is now in the Air Force and has earned a spot competing with Air Force Gaming playing another type of vehicular game. U.S. Air
June 14, 2022
The Commons creates 'dynamic environment' for Airmen, families

82nd Training Wing and installation Commander Brig. Gen. Lyle K. Drew and the team at the 82nd Force Support Squadron have taken Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.'s to desire create a dynamic environment to heart as they've taken an uncommon approach to creating a dynamic
June 13, 2022
960th CW hosts Mental Health & Resiliency Fair

More than 1,220 Airmen and families attended the 960th Cyberspace Wing’s 2nd annual Mental Health & Resiliency Fair in-person and virtually May 14, at the Bob Hope Performing Arts Center here.
June 8, 2022
Homecoming

Family and friends greet redeploying members assigned to the 355th Wing and 563rd Rescue Group on the flight line at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, June 7, 2022. After an overseas deployment supporting the Air Force mission, these members returned home to their families.
June 6, 2022
Not just a Guard family, but a Total Force family

Out of the 13 Guardsmen family units stationed at Prince Sultan Air Base the Kleive family is the largest. The father-daughter duo documented in the past, Master Sgt. Scott and Staff Sgt. Kalei Kleive, brought Staff Sgt. Devin Kleive, with them this time to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.In this era of
May 31, 2022
AFMC Connect June focus: Observant

The Air Force Materiel Command Airman who is observant seizes opportunities to provide additional support to the mission, the smaller work-center and to others.