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.

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

VOTING

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.

Jan. 12, 2022
AFMC Connect poised to enter third year of resiliency support

The Air Force Materiel Command is moving into the third year of utilizing AFMC Connect as a tool to strengthen connectivity and improve support to members. The focus of the program continues to be resiliency.
Jan. 11, 2022
173rd Maintenance Group constructs new room for nursing mothers, embraces its extended Kingsley Family

The Kingsley family is a regularly referenced part of working at the 173rd Fighter Wing, a small, southern Oregon Air National Guard base. People say it conveys the tight-knit community shared by Airmen who work, raise their families, and often socialize together.
Jan. 11, 2022
Family Care Plan: Reserve Citizen Airmen need to be ready

Deployments can put a strain on family life. For many Airmen, a Family Care Plan provides a roadmap for taking care of their dependents and eases the transition. The 307th Force Support Squadron offered a Family Care Plan Roadshow here Jan. 9, providing an opportunity for Airmen to update or create
Jan. 4, 2022
Resiliency clips offer personal insight on how Airmen recharge

"We just wanted to show what others do to stay resilient," said U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kelly Collett.
Jan. 1, 2022
AFMC Connect January focus: Purpose

Each member of the Air Force Materiel Command team can be armed with a purpose in support of the Air Force and its mission to fly, fight and win. The AFMC Connect focus for January is purpose.
Dec. 22, 2021
Air Force officer’s promotion ceremony moves from Utah to Wichita for terminally ill father to witness

From Utah to Wichita, an Air Force officer’s promotion ceremony moved across the state lines to his hometown of Wichita. The reason behind it is so his terminally ill father could get the chance to see him move up in rank. Travis Deckert said this ceremony was possible with the help of his boss,
Dec. 21, 2021
Children's Christmas Party

Santa Clause waves to the crowd after taxiing in on an F-15 Eagle at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon Dec. 5, 2021. Santa made a special appearance at the annual Children's Christmas party held at the base. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Emily Copeland)
Dec. 21, 2021
Team Kingsley spouses taxi out during familiarization event

Spouses of 173rd Fighter Wing Airmen climbed into the backseat of an F-15 Eagle and taxied down the runway during a spouse taxi event at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., December 5, 2021.
Dec. 20, 2021
Through Thick and Thin: How two siblings stayed together in military life

It’s not often two family members join the same military branch and get stationed at the same base. A brother and sister who joined the Air Force at different times, found their way to be stationed together at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.
Dec. 17, 2021
75 years and counting

FAIRBORN, Ohio -- Boy Scout Troop 162 marked its 75th anniversary Dec. 13 with a court of honor and dinner in Fairborn.While the troop is sponsored by, and meets at, Abiding Christ Lutheran Church, it started life in 1946 as the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base troop, chartered by the Wright-Patt