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

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness

    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. Raising awareness helps reduce stigma, encourages early intervention, and promotes support for those affected. Members of the 403rd Wing can reach out to the Director of

  • Full circle moment: father and son serving together at McConnell AFB

    Jakob Harris was just a toddler when his dad decided to join the Air Force for the long-haul. However, for most of Harris’s childhood, the military felt like a distant and foreign concept. Harris was born and raised in one Tennessee town while his dad had multiple duty locations and deployments.

  • World War II Heritage: Family Lineage

    Many factors weigh into a person’s decision to serve their country, but one of the most impactful can be a history and tradition of military service. Master Sgt. Christopher Cordero’s family’s military service spans three generations from grandfather to mother to son.Cordero, a Tactical Air Control

  • 353 SOW showcases CV-22 Osprey to AFSOC spouses

    The 353rd Special Operations Wing hosted a CV-22 military spouse appreciation day event to recognize the vital role military spouses have in supporting Air Force Special Operations Command missions at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 30.For the first time in nearly two years, spouses had the opportunity

  • Team Tyndall hosts Elevate Expo for Mental Health Awareness Month

    In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, the Tyndall Integrated Resilience Office hosted its second annual Elevate Expo, a comprehensive mental health awareness event designed to provide critical resources to military personnel and their families.

  • And They’re Off: A USVF day at the races

    U.S. Military Personnel and families from across the United Kingdom participated in a U.S. Visiting Forces race day at the Rowley Mile Racecourse in Newmarket, England, May 17.

  • Father-daughter duo serve together in ANG deployment training

    For Airman 1st Class Ariadna Sanchez, serving in the Puerto Rico Air National Guard has always been about people, caring for others through military medicine, standing by her community, and now, serving alongside her father at Salinas, Puerto Rico, May 15, 2025.

  • Faith in the Fight: Maintaining Spiritual Resilience

    In the heart of a deployed environment, where the demands of the mission test both body and spirit, the U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps stands as a steadfast presence, offering hope, resilience and unwavering spiritual support to service members far from home. U.S. Air Force Capt. Tyler Harris, 378th