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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

  • AFIMSC helps Tyndall get back in the fight

    As Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, recovers from the full-force punch leveled by Hurricane Michael Oct. 10, members and teams from across the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center are helping the base get back in the fight. AFIMSC Vice Commander Col. Pat Miller leads Task Force Phenix

  • COMPACAF Spouse: Supports Team Kadena Families

    Sharene Brown, spouse of U.S. Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) commander, shakes hands with Kristopher Kwiatek, Kadena High School principal, during the PACAF commander's visit at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22, 2018. The spouses group visited Kadena Middle School, Mental

  • Former NFL coach talks resiliency

    Tony Dungy, former head coach of Super Bowl champions and a Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, spoke about resiliency and its correlation to suicide prevention to service members at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 24, 2018.

  • Haunting on the Hill entertains families

    Hill military and civilian employees and their families gathered Oct. 19 for the 10th Annual Haunting on the Hill and Trunk-or-Treat extravaganza at The Landing. Volunteers from across the installation decorated their vehicles and handed out treats to children.

  • JB Charleston’s Family Advocacy brings awareness to Domestic Violence

    Mildred Muhammad, former wife of “the D.C. sniper” and guest speaker, addresses the base community during a Domestic Violence Awareness Month event Oct. 23, 2018, at the Red Bank Club at Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. Muhammad shared her personal story of domestic abuse and survival

  • Faces of Recovery: Resilience through tragedy

    As the majority of Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, was devastated by the severe damage caused by Hurricane Michael, thousands of Airmen, families and civilian workers were forced to evacuate the base.One evacuee shared her story of how she maintained resilience throughout the ordeal.

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