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

  • Langley Airmen return from deployment

    U.S. Airmen returning home from a deployment to the United Arab Emirates, gather withfriends and family after departing from an aircraft at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 7,2022. Airmen from the 633d Air Base Wing, 1st Fighter Wing and 192d Wing worked inconjunction to short-notice

  • MXG hosts picnic for families of deployed reservists

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – The 419th Maintenance Group teamed up with volunteers throughout the 419th Fighter Wing and local community to host a picnic here Saturday for the families of deployed reservists.The MXG transformed a basketball court at the Warrior Fitness Center into an indoor park that

  • AFMC Connect March focus: Community

    Community is a challenging concept to fortify in the new blended environment where members work within and outside of traditional office settings.The AFMC Connect focus for March is community.

  • 459th couple reflects on self-care and balancing work/life mix

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Many members in a mil-to-mil or mil-to-civ relationship agree that having a work/life balance can be difficult at times due to differences in schedules, deployments, tours of duty (TDYs), etc. The Bryant family shared their experience on how they maintain a healthy