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

  • Strengthening connections through resiliency

    Saber Connection Day featured activities like escape rooms, baking classes, boxing and more to target the spiritual, mental, social and physical resiliency as a part of the Comprehensive Airman Fitness program.

  • Scott AFB hosts Storytellers event: Every Airman has a story

    Many Airmen go through deep, personal challenges–few go on stage to share these stories in hopes that others can learn. That is exactly what the Airmen at the Storytellers event decided to do here last Friday.Storytellers, hosted by the Scott Air Force Base Resilience Office, is a forum for Airmen

  • Balancing service and family

    Balancing the demands of military service and parenthood presents unique challenges for military families.

  • September is Suicide Prevention Month

    September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness of this crisis and to shift perceptions and share information to those impacted by metal health struggles. The Department of Defense campaign for the month is “Joining Your Fight: Connect to Protect.”

  • Team Kingsley F-15 Spouse Taxi

    U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Jordyn Bowers, 173rd Fighter Wing aircrew flight equipment, fits a mask and helmet to Rachel Mathes, the spouse of 173rd FW member 1st Lt. Jack Mathes, in preparation for Rachel's high speed taxi in an F-15D Eagle at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, Sept. 8,

  • Fall Fest 2024

    The 910th Airlift Wing’s Military and Family Readiness hosted their annual fall fest on Sept. 8, 2024, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. The event was supported by military members, the Base Community Council, Key Supporters and other community partners. Activities at the event included

  • USAFWC leadership visit 350th SWW

    Janice Niemi, spouse of U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Christopher Niemi, commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, receives a briefing at the Intrepid Spirit Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 27, 2024. The ISC serves as a treatment center dedicated to post-traumatic stress, traumatic

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