Your sponsor
Your sponsor is probably the most important person at Kirtland AFB in assisting with preparations for your move. He or she can help you locate temporary and permanent housing, and assist with in processing. Your sponsor should send you pertinent information about the base and local communities-such things as the base guide, base newspaper, housing information, maps and his or her phone number and address.
If your sponsor does not contact you within 30 days of your reporting date, contact the commander of your new unit so he or she can arrange to have a sponsor assigned to you. For international students, please call 505-846-9812 or DSN 246-9812.
Reporting in
When you arrive at Kirtland AFB, your first stop should be the lodging office, located on the east side of the installation. Security Forces members at any of the visitor gates can direct you to the lodging office, which is open 24-hours a day.
Your commander's support staff schedules inprocessing. You will need to take all hand-carried records immediately to the orderly room and they will schedule you for processing, conducted in the Consolidated Support Facility. If you wish to take permissive temporary duty after arriving, a leave form must be completed. Up to eight days permissive temporary duty may be approved by the gaining commander after signing in.
The Consolidated Support Building, Building 20245, on the corner of F and 4th Streets, houses most of the offices you will need to visit upon arrival, making in processing more convenient. The Military Personnel Flight, Financial Management, Travel Office, Pass and Identification, Family Support Center, Red Cross, Customer Service, Department of Motor Vehicles and Housing Office are all located here for easy 'one-stop shopping.'
Civilian newcomers
Civilian employees being assigned to appropriated fund positions should report to the Civilian Personnel Office in the Consolidated Support building, telephone 505-846-9556.
Civilian employees being assigned to nonappropriated fund positions should report to the Nonappropriated Fund Human Resources Office, Consolidated Support building, Room 132, telephone 505-846-1526.
Sandia National Laboratories employees should call 505-844-2698 for more information.
Airmen and Family Readiness Center
The Airmen and Family Readiness Center, located in the Consolidated Support building, Building 20245, assists with individual and family needs of all Department of Defense personnel and their family members.
The center's Relocation Assistance Center at 505-846-6359, has absorbed services and programs formerly provided by Family Services, and much more. They provide the Welcome to New Mexico Tour and have local information handouts, to assist with adjusting to the area. They maintain a loan closet, where eligible newcomers can borrow household goods such as futons, pots and pans, folding chairs and tables.
For those spouses looking for employment opportunities, the AFRC has a computer resource room with Internet and e-mail capability along with job search seminars and individual assistance.
The center provides information and referral, volunteer opportunities, financial education, transition assistance, family life education, family readiness and other support services.
The center is staffed from 7:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call 846-0741 or 846-0751 to register for classes or ask questions.
Pass and Registration
Privately owned vehicles must be registered within 72 hours after arrival on base.
To register a vehicle, you must have a current driver's license (New Mexico accepts other states' expired licenses for active duty military, provided the individual's resident state does not require renewal while on active duty), a military identification card and original copies of state vehicle registration and proof of insurance. For Texas state registrations, personnel must provide receipt of registration to show ownership of vehicle. Pass and Registration cannot verify proof of ownership with window registration sticker alone.
If your privately owned vehicle is not registered in Albuquerque or Bernalillo County, you must get an emissions test and present a Vehicle Pollution Management Program Certificate if your vehicle was made after 1975 and before three years from the current year (for example, in 2007 your car must be newer than 2004). Bernalillo county/Albuquerque falls into a federally mandated emissions test area and federal installations within those boundaries are required to comply with emissions test standards. More information on emissions testing is available from the Pass and Registration Office.
The Pass and Registration Office is located in the Consolidated Support Facility. Its services include vehicle registration, issue of restricted area badges and certain civilian identification cards. Contact Pass and Registration at 846-6429 for any questions.
Contact Civilian Personnel for more information on civilian identification cards. For military identification cards, contact the Military Personnel Flight, Customer Service Section 846-5459 and push #8 for customer service.
Weapons and firearms
The Law Enforcement Armory is the designated storage facility for privately owned weapons and ammunition not authorized for retention by owners. Personnel residing in base housing may keep their weapons and ammunition in their quarters or store them in the Law Enforcement Armory.
Individuals living in temporary quarters, lodging, or the dormitories must register and store privately owned weapons in the Armory. You can check out your weapons temporarily, but they must be returned within 72 hours, unless you're going on leave, temporary duty or have written permission from your first sergeant or commander.
Concealed weapons permits issued by civil authorities are not valid on Kirtland AFB without the expressed written consent of the installation commander. If you bring a firearm on base, you must inform the gate guard of the intended use and destination. The weapon must be unloaded and not concealed. The transporting vehicle will not be left unattended and the driver must use the most direct route to and from storage. Firearms cannot be transported on motorcycles, bicycles, or any other two- or three-wheeled vehicles.
Call the Law Enforcement desk for more information at 846-7913.
Personal property
It is important that you contact the Inbound Personal Property Section at the Traffic Management Office as soon as you arrive in the area.
Personal property is defined as household goods, unaccompanied baggage or mobile homes and do-it-yourself moves. The owner must provide the Personal Property Section with a telephone number and a temporary or delivery address in order to arrange for prompt delivery of property.
Temporary storage at government expense for up to 90 days may be authorized if your property arrives before you or, you cannot find suitable living quarters. You may become personally liable for storage and insurance beyond 90 days if you do not notify the Personal Property Section.
The commercial carrier is required to unpack your property at its final destination and place it in the rooms you indicate.
Postal service
An important item in any move is maintaining uninterrupted mail service. To assist you in this area, there are a few options. First, ask your sponsor to provide you with an advance mailing address no earlier than 90 days prior to your arrival.
If you are a single enlisted member and plan to reside in one of the dormitories, obtain a Postal Service Center box address through your sponsor.
Second, you can also use the following temporary mailing address:
YOUR RANK/NAME
GENERAL DELIVERY
2050A 2ND STREET SE
KIRTLAND AFB NM 87117-5524
Upon arrival, individuals using the general delivery address must come by the Postal Service Center to fill out a locator card with your new address.
The Postal Service Center does not provide money order service, nor do they deliver registered or certified mail. Their primary function is to provide general delivery service to members awaiting a permanent address.
For additional information contact the Postal Service Center at 505-846-7718 or DSN 246-7718.
For other postal needs, Kirtland AFB has a U.S. Post Office at 1400 1st Street Southeast. It is a fully operational post office with express and priority mail, stamps, and rental post office boxes.