How to Get Command Sponsorship for your OCONUS PCS (overseas duty station) || Top Tips

PCSing checklist below ⬇️⬇️⬇️. Watch the whole video to understand the details of command sponsorship and how to obtain it for you to have accompanied orders for your OCONUS PCS. Please give me a thumbs up for sharing all that I know!!

PCSing to Hawaii was the most intense and stressful move my husband and I have ever had to do. Being a military family we are used to moving. But what made this move difficult was the lack of information. The unknown. This topped with the expense of this move and the result was a move I'm not sure I'm ready to do again. But I learned a lot and I would like to share what I learned about the command sponsorship process, EFMP and FMTS, the DA 5888 and the tips and tricks along the way.

To start you will need to reach out to your local EFMP office and get the exact checklist on what you need to submit. This will probably include:
1. DA Form 5888 (block 8 completed by S1
2. DA Form 7246 completed/signed and dated by the SPOUSE
3. Copies of current physicals. (within 12 months)
4. Copies of past physicals
5. Copies of Vaccination Records

Military Personnel Division (MPD or S1), Family Travel, will require the following forms to be completed by the sponsor - DA Form 5121, DA Form 4787, a DD Form 1172-2 (from DEERS, showing who the dependents are), a sex offender declaration (if moving to South Korea) and the DA Form 5888 with blocks 1-7 completed. With the above forms, the MPD will sign block 8 authenticating the family members. Once your screening has been complete, the EFMP office will sign the bottom of the DA 5888 and send it back to your companies S1. You can then file for command sponsorship with a DA 4187, copies of your marriage license and birth certificates. It will take up to 30 days for your Command to approve or deny it. They may kick it back or deny it for silly clerical issues. Keep going. IF YOU DON"T FIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY - NO ONE ELSE WILL.

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EFMP Website: https://efmp.amedd.army.mil/screening...

Video Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction - OCONUS PCS
00:01:45 Disclaimer and Basic Expectations
00:02:59 Can I skip command sponsorship? No, No you can't.
00:04:59 Levi Briefing
00:06:32 EFMP and FMTS process
00:10:50 What is the DA 5888?
00:12:52 Actually requesting Command Sponsorship with DA 4187
00:15:26 Receiving Command Sponsorship - Now what?

Disclaimer: The information and opinions are my own. I do not work for the military. The information I am sharing are that which I have learned from trial and error by doing my own OCONUS PCS. These forms and requirements may be different for you. You need to do your own due diligence.

🪖 If you new to our channel, John re-enlisted in the military after being out for ten years. Kind of crazy. But John was a Marine and he loved the Marines. Afghanistan Veteran. The only reason he got out was for me. Back before online jobs or school, he gave up the Marines and allowed me to start my career. I had an amazing career spending years growing and working with Target as a Store Director. But with Covid came many changes. One of those was to stay home and homeschool Alexandra and Hailey. And so it opened the door for John to do whatever he wanted to do. He re-enlisted, but this time we both agreed the Army. But after being out so long, John had to go through Basic training again or OSUT. Six months of that followed by waiting for command sponsorship for our first OCONUS move and the family has been apart for 10 months. Crazy considering this wasn't a deployment. But we made it! #MilitaryFamilyVlog We are now stationed at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii for the next 2 to 3 years and feel truly blessed to be here!

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