BR Anchor Publishing
For nearly 20 years, BR Anchor Publishing's books have been providing the most current relocation advice. The company's books differ from other relocation publications in that they focus on the employee's entire family, providing cost-effective and practical relocation advice, checklists and valuable resources.
Finding a Place to Call Home (Overseas) - (Article by Heather Ann Cosimo)
When searching for accommodations overseas, exactly where do you begin?
Military OneSource
A Step Ahead: Getting Ready to Relocate as a Military Family When you receive Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders, you're bound to have mixed feelings. You're likely to be excited about the upcoming change and the chance to meet new people and see new places. But you're also likely to feel stressed about the logistics of the move and about helping family members -- especially children and teenagers -- with the transition.
Fortunately, there are steps you can take and resources available to help you make plans, stay organized, help your children -- and keep a step ahead while you move.
Move.mil - Official DPS portal
In an effort to make moving a little bit easier for you, the US Department of Defense (DoD) United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) developed the Defense Personal Property Program, or DP3. As part of the DP3 mission, an internet-based system to manage DoD household goods moves was created. It's called the Defense Personal Property System (DPS).
Moving with the Army (Married to the Army)
Topics include: Moving Time Basics, After the PCS Move Checklist, Shipping your POV, Full Replacement Value Coverage, How to Make a House a Home, On Post Housing Information, Tips for Moving Day, Resources if You're House or Apartment Hunting, One Clause Your Lease Must Have!, Army Posts, Plan My Move, Automated Housing Referral Network, Can You Move to Korea? PCS Weight Allowance.
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BAH for United States
The Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) is based on geographic duty location, pay grade, and dependency status. The intent of BAH is to provide uniformed service members with permanent duty within the 50 United States accurate and equitable housing compensation based on housing costs in local civilian housing markets, and is payable when government quarters are not provided. A uniformed service member stationed overseas, including U.S. protectorates, who is not furnished government housing, is eligible for Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA).
BAH for Overseas
The Overseas Housing Allowance compensates members for the majority of housing expenses. Comprised of three components: rental ceiling, utility/recurring maintenance allowance, and move-in housing allowance (MIHA).
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DITY Movers
Do-It-Yourself Moving has never been so popular! We can help you make the most of your move. You may not have a choice of when or where to move, but you can make your move work for you!
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Household goods portal - Move.mil
DoD household goods portal.
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Sarge's List - Sell or donate your stuff
We'd like to introduce you to SargesList.com, a brand new website that helps military members lighten their load during PCS, or everyday, by selling or donating their stuff to other military families locally or globally. With over 500 installations worldwide, this FREE and made just-for-military communities website offers local PCS information as well as local classifieds for household goods, cars, real estate, pets, yard sales, military savings and more!
SargesList.com is different from other sites because if you sign up with a DOT MIL email, the site puts a paw stamp icon on the listings and communications so that you can identify who has been verified with a DOT MIL email. The site is fun, easy to use and has lots of neat functionality (save favorites, alert feature that sends you emails when listings are added that match what you are searching for, etc.). Heralded as the "Craigstlist for military," they are looking for local champions at each installation to post listings and share them via social networks to help spread the word about
this valuable and free resource! They just added Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq to help our troops in the Middle East buy, sell and trade needed items. Check out www.SargesList.com and post and share with your network today! Oh, and for every listing you post you get an another entry in their March 1st Apple iPad drawing!!!
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Base of Preference
We will list the most commonly researched base information. Such as the number and website for housing, childcare, central appointments, military lodging, and the base public affairs office. In addition, we will offer you the opportunity to review the bases you have been to and read others reviews. Please tell us, and other military families, about the area. Give us your opinion. Love it? Hate it? This is your forum to express your opinions.
Military Avenue
Created by a team of military and Internet veterans, MilitaryAvenue.com offers community information about more than 240 Military Installations. We have listings of more than 5,000 businesses that offer some kind of military "reward" or discount!
Our company acts as an advocate for the military family and community, searching for and finding businesses that work hard to serve the military. Don't forget to sign up for our monthly Military Family newsletter!
Military Concierge Company
The Military Concierge Company™ started life as 92655 Concierge™ in Grafenwoehr, Germany in 2008 - the only concierge company worldwide that exclusively serves members of the U.S. military and government personnel overseas. To date, we have successfully assisted thousands of American military families, soldiers and contractors living across Europe with recommendations, concierge services and direct referrals to quality home and lifestyle service providers, restaurants, events and other businesses. We also provide support and bespoke services to a number of U.S. contracting firms who require concierge assistance on the ground.
The Concierge Quickfinder™ section of our website features easy-to-access referrals, covering military installations in Bavaria and beyond, with new installations being added in the very near future. For customized concierge support, bookings and assistance, our members can submit a request online and rest assured that our team of Relationship Managers will get the job done – whether it's booking airport shuttles, planning travel itineraries, looking up emergency plumbers, making hotel and restaurant reservations, arranging for flowers, cakes and gifts to be delivered, coordinating appointments with service providers and generally helping our military clientele enjoy as seamless and as stress-free a home life as possible.
Military Duty Stations
Moving to a new area? Read what other military families have to say. Looking for particular information? Search the categories on the installation pages to find the information you are looking for. Make your experiences count! Review, write about and rate your current military duty station!
Site also includes these tools:
- Free PCS Guide: Sign up for our free PCS guide. Whether you are new to the military or a seasoned PCS veteran, you will find it packed with valuable moving tips and suggestions to make you PCS with less stress!
- Cost of living: Find out how much your income can buy at your new location.
- Great Schools: Public and private school ratings, reviews and parent community.
- Crime Reports: Crime statistics from 700 law enforcement partners across North America and Sex Offender Data for all 50 States.
- City Compare: Statistics that help paint a picture about where you move.
Military Installations - Your official DoD source for installation and state resources available to active duty, guard and reserve service and family members
Installations • View articles, photos, major unit listings and contacts for programs and services worldwide. If you can't find an international location, try visiting the Department of State country information.
States • View articles and local, state and national resource directories
Includes a customizable calendar tool to create a unique personal moving plan. The calendar contains to do lists, checklists, phone lists, and links to critical moving information from budget planners to choosing a school.
Military Portico
MilitaryPortico.com is a new free website targeted specifically for service members and their dependents, devoted to providing military families invaluable relocation information and useful links to over 400 military installations throughout the world, as well as 40 categories of links to local businesses and services all in one site.
Whether it’s a kennel near Ramstein AFB, Germany or the best steak around Ft. Gordon, Georgia…no more spending hours surfing the internet researching duty locations when it’s time to PCS.
My Base Guide
Our mission is to provide essential information to all military personnel and families relocating to a different part of the country. As a newcomer, you can find out about registration, rules, maps, and the history of the base's commands, installations, and units. You will also find a wealth of information regarding housing, employment, education and schools, health care and dental services, as well as community activities and recreation.
PCS America
PCS America is a very targeted Relocation Network for the United States military community including active members, Guard and Reserve, the DoD civilian workforce, retirees, veterans, and their families. Over 200 US military installations and their local communities linked into one Network, plus nearly 100 Overseas installations!
You Have Orders
Moving somewhere new? Then you're in the right place! YouHaveOrders.com is a site for military spouses moving location.
We all know it's a little crazy and uncomfortable when you first move anywhere and are trying to get settled. You don't know where anything is. You have to find all new doctors, shopping, schools, activities and daycare for your kids.
Have you ever thought ""I wish I knew someone who lived here before me"?
Join us today and connect with other spouses who have lived in the same places before you have - so you can share information about what's important.
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Military Move It
Organize your military move - itinerary, calendar, lists & notes, research on neighborhoods, homes & schools.
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Where Is My POV
To reduce the amount of time spent in the turn-in and pick-up of your vehicle, we now provide a quick and easy means for you to schedule an appointment at our Vehicle Processing Centers should you so desire. Just click here or on the "Make An Appointment" button on the left of this or any other page.
Vehicle Status - Once you have turned in your vehicle, you can track its shipment progress, or view the maintenance history of your car if in storage.
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Just Moved with Susan Miller
This section of our website is designed to bring hope, comfort and encouragement to all military women in their transition and adjustment of moving. It is written by and for military spouses, moms, those who are single and those who serve on active duty. As you read about women, like yourself, who are going through the same feelings and emotions, may it encourage you to know that you are not alone. As you hear their testimonies of God’s faithfulness, may it bring you hope. As you embrace God’s word from others, may it bring you comfort.
The Bright Side of Your Move (Article by Jocelyn Green)
Here at last is the directory (so far!) of all the great things you’ve enjoyed at your PCS locations. These are organized alphabetically by state (with OCONUS locations at the end), so next time you get orders, scroll down to see if your location is here, and what you can look forward to about it.
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TriCare
Your TriCare eligibility does not change when you move. But, certain things about your benefit may change once you move, such as your TriCare plan.
Please enter your profile so we can give you the most accurate information about what to do when you move. When selecting where you live, please tell us where you live now (where you're moving from).
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For a more comprehensive list of books check out our Listmania Lists on Amazon.com: Moving Books for Adults, Moving Books for Children and Teens.
After the Boxes are Unpacked:
Moving on after moving in Author: Susan Miller, Copyright @ 1998More than 40 million Americans move each year, and studies show it can be one of the heaviest strains on a marriage. For women especially, relocating can be a traumatic event. With true stories, ingenious insights, and helpful hints, this great book makes transitioning smoother so women can get on with their lives. Those who are moving will find this valuable book as important as packing tape.
PCSing:
It's a spouse thing Author: Julie Negron, Copyright @ 2010The first few years of comic strips from "Jenny, the military spouse", as seen in the Stars & Stripes.
That Military House: Move it, Organize it, & Decorate it
Author: Sandee Payne, Copyright @ 2006A complete guide to moving in the military. Loaded with tips and techniques to help you during any relocation. Use this book throughout your moving process and while you are establishing your new "home". Includes chapters on: Pre-Move Preparation, Packing and Unpacking, Floor Planning, Organizing, Decorating, Containerizing, Shopping, Painting & Sewing...and much, much more!
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AHRN
The Automated Housing Referral Network (AHRN.com) is sponsored by the Department of Defense and is designed to improve the process of securing available housing for relocating military members and their families.
Homeowners Assistance Program (Department of Defense)
The Department of Defense (DOD) is proud to offer the Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP) to eligible service members and federal civilian, including non-appropriated fund, employees. The program is authorized by law, and administered by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to assist eligible homeowners who face financial loss when selling their primary residence homes in areas where real estate values have declined because of a base closure or realignment announcement.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) temporarily expands the HAP to assist service members and DOD employees who are wounded, injured or become ill when deployed, surviving spouses of service members or DOD employees killed or died of wounds while deployed, service member and civilian employees assigned to BRAC 05 organizations, and service members required to permanently relocate during the home mortgage crisis.
Homes for Heroes Real Estate Savings Program
Learn more about the Homes For Heroes real estate savings program. Substantial home buying and selling savings are available including reduced commissions and/or discounted lender fees.
We offer full service at a discounted rate. We are able to offer more savings than anyone else because of our strong business relationships – with our Home for Heroes Affiliates. Here is the Homes for Heroes promise:
- No forms.
- No red tape.
- No fine print.
- No hidden fees.
- No catch.
Military By Owner
Provides a comprehensive, low-cost means for military members and their families to advertise on the world wide web. By use of the internet and world wide web we will link up buyers and sellers of homes along with landlords and prospective tenants.
Military Moves
MilitaryMoves.com offers a unique web resource that allows service members to search for homes near their new installation before they've even arrived. Our company works tirelessly with realtors, landlords, and homeowners in military locations to show you the best that each location has to offer.
REMilitary
REmilitary.com is designed to help families find military housing, sell their homes by owner, and assist agents and brokers in reaching a unique and powerful market. REmilitary.com is the most comprehensive listing of houses for sale and rent near military installations.
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