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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.

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Resource-packed pages

These pages are full of important resources. Help relocating service members and families navigate their military moves by sending them these links:

Provides information on quality, affordable child care for service members and families, including on- and off-installation options, a searchable database and fee assistance.

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

Offers information on PCS entitlements, passenger and pet transportation, DPS, personal property shipments, mold management, filing a claim, personally procured moves and more.

Offers resources for living abroad, including tips for handling culture shock, building a new social network, finding spouse employment and child care, understanding local customs and traditions, and more.

Offers 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.

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


Checklist

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:

A digital directory with information about on-installation resources including programs and services, directions, contacts, photos, check-in procedures and more.

An online tool that lets users build a customized checklist to organize relocation information and tasks.


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Educational content

Share links to these 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.

Listen to this podcast to learn what the Defense Department and the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command are doing to provide care, comfort and safety when moving your pets during a PCS.

Hear experienced PCSers talk about the financial side of military moves and how to avoid pitfalls to reduce stress.

Listen to tips from military and family life counselors about how military families can cope with PCS stress.

The PCS Season slide deck contains 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.

Connect service members and their families with resources to access healthy, affordable food to improve their food security.


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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.

Customizable handouts

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

Order and share these postcards to promote MilitaryINSTALLATIONS and the Military OneSource app.

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