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

  • Freedom isn’t free; the story of a POW veteran

    Like every veteran, retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Ramos has a story.He recalled it as “the coldest winter in 100 years.”Ramos was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division as a machine gunner. Their mission was to establish and maintain the lines used to evacuate service members to the coast

  • AFMC Connect November focus: Thoughtful

    The Air Force Materiel Command Connect focus for November is thoughtful. Team members who are thoughtful in their interactions with fellow Airmen add an essential ingredient to the health and overall success of the organization.

  • 2021 Family Day Event

    Two anime costumed girls snuggle bunnies during the annual Family Day event at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, October 17, 2021. The 173rd Fighter Wing Airman and Family Readiness office hosted the annual event as a chance for families to come out for a bit of fun, candy, and camaraderie.

  • Resiliency Operations Center opens to Airmen & families

    173rd Fighter Wing Commander, Col. Jeff Edwards, cut the grand-opening ribbon on the Resiliency Operations Center at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. October, 17, 2021. The newly remodeled center is the home to the Kingsley Resiliency Team, made up of the Director of Psychological Health,

  • 307th Operations Group sponsors spouse flight

    The 307th Operations Group sponsored a spouses orientation flight aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker and a B-52 Stratofortress taxi Oct. 16-17 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The events allowed spouses to better understand the role Reserve Citizen Airmen in accomplishing the 307th Bomb Wing

  • Athletic trainer invaluable to special operations mission

    It was the perfect day to shoot hoops with the kids. Master Sgt. Jedidiah Payne, 2nd Special Operations Squadron operations superintendent, had his eye on the target, ready to show his kids his windmill slam dunk move when, in mid-jump, a snapping ping triggered a painful sensation through his

  • Serving together, brothers bond as AF Reserve firefighters

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Many who serve in the military often refer to fellow service members as their family, but rarely are they actually your family.Brothers, Senior Airman Joel Moon, 29, and Senior Airman Jared Moon, 25, decided to start their Air Force career together as firefighters with

  • 97th AMW commanders’ spouses ensure AF family readiness

    Mobility's Hometown hosted an annual leadership spouses tour for the spouses to learn about the commander's priorities and how the base completes its mission of training exceptional mobility Airmen at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Sept. 30, 2021.