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

  • Overcoming domestic violence: A story of resilience

    As a little boy, the Airman watched, terrified, as his father shoved his mother against a wall, screaming in her face. The angry shouts became muffled as he cupped his tiny hands around his ears in an attempt to escape the horror.But, for the longest time, he could not escape it.

  • Airmen own their story during resiliency seminar

    Moody’s first ever “Owning Your Story” seminar took place Sept. 12, 2019.During the event, Airmen shared stories of resiliency and how they overcame their adversity in a positive way.

  • Families get served during Deployed Spouses Dinner

    The Airmen and Family Readiness Center hosted a Deployed Spouses Dinner Sept. 17, here, for Team Moody families with loved ones currently deployed downrange.The monthly event is a free dinner at Georgia Pines Dining Facility designed as a ‘thank you’ for each families’ support and sacrifice.

  • Chaplain gets ‘real’ during resiliency training

    Airmen from the 23d Civil Engineer Squadron participated in a “Resilience: For Real Life & Real People” seminar Sept. 10, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga.The event was hosted by the 23d Wing chaplain, and served as an interactive experience for Airmen, providing practical approaches they can use

  • Just be there

    Ask. Care. Escort. These are the instructions military members are given when they suspect someone has suicidal ideations. The military stresses the importance of the wingman concept and being there for each other.I did not realize how pertinent those concepts would be in my life when I initially

  • BHOP helps address mental health related issues

    According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, nearly half of people with a treatable behavioral health disorder do not seek help from behavioral health professionals. The KAB Behavioral Health Optimization Program seeks to bridge this gap by providing behavioral health care in a

  • Wright-Patt takes strides to remember cost of 9/11

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Community members and active duty personnel of all branches, ages, and ranks ran to commemorate the attacks that level all Americans to the same heartbreak and pride for the heroes who sacrificed most for it.Nine-hundred runners and walkers gathered in Area B

  • Suffering in Silence

    The idealization of strong silent type suffer in silence is detrimental to our health. “We all need to feel valued as a person. As wingmen, we have to put in work for someone to let their guard down,” said Tech. Sgt. Corey Malone, 913th Maintenance Squadron maintainer. “As Reservists, we may only