INSTALLATION-CHECK IN PROCEDURES: Newcomers arriving to Shaw on a duty day between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. are required to check in with the Military Personnel Flight located in the Support Group Building, number 1118 on Shaw Air Force Base. Your sponsor or a designated representative from your unit will be available to assist you with your initial arrival. If you get lost, please stop by your unit or the Family Support Center for assistance. We have one main road on Shaw Air Force Base, Shaw Drive; follow the Family Support Center directional signs.
In-processing with your new unit must be accomplished before taking permissive leave for house hunting. You must also Contact the Military Personnel Flight Right Start in-processing monitor for check-in and additional information on other military requirements.
If you get married in route to your new duty station you must inform your commander and register your spouse in DEERS with the Military Personnel Flight, Customer Service. Bring your marriage certificate for proof of marriage. Follow procedures exactly as you are given them. The military will not pay for travel and housing of your spouse if you do not follow proper procedures.
Relocation Assistance Program services at the Family Support Center can assist you with local area information and direct you to services available on and off base.
Members with (non-active duty) spouses: If your spouse is new to Shaw Air Force Base or to the Air Force way of life. Ask your spouse to attend the Right Start Briefing with you and contact your Family Support Center. If you spouse would like to volunteer, find employment in the area, learn what Air Force life is all about new to Air Force life ask him/her if they would like to attend Heart Link. This is important so your spouse. It is an educational fun program. The 20th Fight Wing Commander will open the program and your spouse will graduate and receive a spouse's coin. Spouses will learn what is available to them for free and what to expect while you are stationed here at Shaw Air Force Base. It is a helpful way to build and establish new friends and learn about all the agencies available for your spouse, for free, on base.