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Military PCS Toolkit: Resources to Share

Service providers: You can make moves less stressful for service members and their families by sharing these resources to help them through their next move.

Shareable materials on this page:


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Resource-packed pages

Help relocating service members and families navigate their military moves by sending them links to these important resources:

Learn more about quality, affordable childcare for service members and families, including on- and off-installation options, a searchable database and fee assistance.

Access resources for planning a move and getting established in a new location — finding a home, spouse employment, schools, childcare, youth activities and more.

Explore information on PCS entitlements, scheduling your move with DPS, personal property shipments, mold management, filing a claim, personally procured moves and more.

Find answers to questions such as understanding PCS orders, scheduling a move, understanding entitlements, moving overseas, filing a claim and more.

Discover resources for living abroad, including tips for handling cultural differences, building a new social network, finding spouse employment and childcare, understanding local customs and traditions, and more.

Access information on the Relocation Assistance Program on-installation services and resources for housing options, moving costs, spouse employment, moving with children, settling in and more.

Connect service members and military families experiencing PCS-related stress with free confidential counseling including face-to-face, telephone, and secure live chat.


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Interactive planning tools

Share links to these digital tools that help service members and their families prepare for their upcoming move and get settled in their new location:

Utilize this digital directory to find information about on-installation resources including programs and services, directions, contacts, photos, check-in procedures and more.

Use this online tool to build customized checklists to organize relocation information and tasks.


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Educational content

Share links to resources that help service members and families find relocation support they can rely on:

Help relocating service members and families learn about sponsorship and other on-installation support.

Share this with service members moving with pets so they’ll know about licensing, quarantining, possible breed restrictions and air travel requirements.

Get answers to questions about savings programs and investment plans, talking to creditors, learning finance basics, consumer rights and more.

Ease the move for parents and their children by sharing these strategies and resources that cover school transitions, maintaining routines, communication strategies and youth programs once they’re settled at the new duty station.

Use this slide deck to share valuable information to help service members and their families tap into a wide range of Military OneSource tools and resources available when experiencing a PCS.

Explore moving, renting, buying and community support resources to make informed housing decisions.


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Outreach materials

Download, post, pass out and share these materials to let relocating service members know about PCS- and moving-related resources at the ready:

This short video explains the support that the Relocation Assistance Program can offer.

Service members and families can enroll in these courses to learn about the financial side of a move, spouse career options, adapting to change with flexibility and more.

Customizable handouts

This flyer helps service members and their families master their PCS with online tools, resources and expert relocation support.

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