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.

Sept. 23, 2020
75th SFS practices response to domestic dispute calls

75th Security Forces Squadron Airmen took part in a field training exercise to learn techniques and best practices when responding to incidents involving domestic disputes.
Sept. 23, 2020
Team Shaw honors POW/MIA

Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, honored prisoners of war/missing in action during a remembrance ceremony, Sept. 18.
Sept. 22, 2020
Johnson brothers ARTs of maintenance missions

They are your first best friend and your greatest rival. Your biggest annoyance and your closest confidante. Your own personal bodyguard and your live-in bully. You didn’t choose them, and you’re stuck with them for life. They’re your siblings. Siblings are around for pretty much every major part of
Sept. 21, 2020
79th Tigers awarded Gallant Unit Citation

A quiet winter’s morning in the Afghanistan desert changed abruptly when a massive blast from a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device detonated and heavy machine gun fire ensued outside the walls of Bagram Airfield.
Sept. 18, 2020
Patient and Family Partnership Council seeks new members

The 325th Medical Group is looking for members to join the Patient and Family Partnership Council. Anyone looking to improve processes within our Military Treatment Facilities should consider becoming a volunteer advisor.
Sept. 18, 2020
Through family-focused support, U.S., Air Force senior leaders offers a 21st century roadmap to success

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett and Sharene Brown, wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., visited Luke AFB, Sept. 17, 2020.
Sept. 17, 2020
Air Force improves lactation support for nursing mothers

The updated policy, which is effective immediately, increases flexibility with lactation breaks and also mandates access to a refrigerator for the purpose of storing human milk.
Sept. 16, 2020
20th Fighter Wing flies in ABMS field test

Pilots from the 20th Fighter Wing recently participated in Advanced Battle Management System Onramp #2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 31 – Sept. 3, 2020.
Sept. 14, 2020
MacDill couple deploys in support of AUAB mission

As military members, saying goodbye for temporary duties assignments or deployments are inevitable; however, for one active duty U.S. Air Force couple, deployment is the next step of developing their marriage and serving their country together.
Sept. 11, 2020
Family Advocacy helps Team Whiteman through education, support

The 509th Medical Group Family Advocacy Program aims to support military families through education along with the response to and prevention of maltreatment.Family Advocacy offers a wide variety of services to Team Whiteman with classes for single Airmen, couples and families to find, build and