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

  • Base announces special holiday operating hours for Thanksgiving

    The following base gates, facilities and services will have adjusted hours Nov. 28 and Nov. 29 in observance of Thanksgiving and the Air Force Materiel Command Family Day (if not listed, consider it Closed):GATES1A (Commissary Gate)Nov 28: ClosedNov 29: Open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.12A (AFMC

  • Keeping it in the family – A pilot and boom operator

    Seeing A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft taking off at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Mich., led Josh Hansen to join the Air National Guard. Serving as a maintenance crew chief on the A-10, Hansen enlisted with the permission of his reluctant parents to provide direction in his life and pay for

  • Team Andersen hosts Chief Release Party

    Team Andersen, friends and family celebrate new Chief Master Sgt. selects at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Nov. 14, 2024. The party was held to recognize the chief's achievements and everyone who supported them along the way.

  • Team Yokota stands down for resiliency day

    Team Yokota took a knee to focus on Total Force resiliency, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6-7.Units across Yokota took time from normal operations to focus on the importance of resilience and participate in team-building activities with the help of resiliency training assistants and master

  • Cannon Spouses Club cuts ribbon to celebrate Thrift Shop redesign

    The Cannon Thrift Shop celebrated the expansion and redesign of the shop with a ribbon cutting, here, Nov. 2. The Cannon Thrift Shop is managed and operated by the Cannon Spouses Club. The mission of the Cannon Spouses' Club is to increase the morale and welfare of Cannon AFB military spouses and

  • Ramstein Opens KMC’S First Spouse Hub

    The Ramstein Military and Family Readiness Center opened the Spouse Hub facility, housed in the Enlisted Club on Ramstein AB, and is intended to be a central location for spouses to build connections, gather information and receive assistance.