Title: Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
1Marine Corps Recruit DepotSan Diego
- Sponsorship Basics
- MARINE FAMILY SERVICES ? RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
2 Why Sponsorship?
- It is required by MC Depot Order. ??
- In some cases, the first few days and first
impressions will set the tone of a tour. - It functions primarily from the Golden Rule
perspective, put yourself in the new Marines
boots. - You do have a good support network to assist you
with a wide variety of issues.
3Typical Primary Concerns
- Housing
- Healthcare
- Area Familiarization
- Common Key Relocation Tasks
4Housing
- Military Family Housing Center Naval Station
San Diego - Comprehensive source of housing
information and assistance military family
housing, civilian sector apartments and homes via
Rental Partnership Program, Drill Instructor
Priority Program, PPV Sites and in-house
realtor. - ENCOURAGE NEW ARRIVALS NOT TO
- VENTURE INTO THE SAN DIEGO
- HOUSING MARKET ALONE!
- Alternate sources of information
- Recommended apartment locators, publications.
5Military Family Housing Welcome Center2625
Lehardy StreetSan Diego, CA 92136
619-556-8443www.cnrswhousing.navy.mil
6Healthcare
- Update DEERS new address information In
person, via Tricare website, or by telephone. - Learn locations of the area military medical
treatment facilities and civilian hospitals that
may be needed NavMedCen Balboa, Branch Med
Clinic NavSta, BMC AmphibBase, BMC NAS N. Island,
BMC NavTraCen, BMC Depot, BMC Miramar, Tricare
Out-patient Clinic Clairemont, TOC Chula Vista. - Ask for references and recommendations
- in locating Veterinarians. (MCAS Miramar Vet)
7Primary Military Medical Treatment Facility
Naval Medical Center, San Diego34800 Bob Wilson
DriveSan Diego, CA 92134-5000OOD (619)
532-6400http//www-nmcsd.med.navy.mil/The
TRICARE Service Center located in Bldg. 2, is
open Monday- Friday from 730 am to 530 pm, and
their phone number is 1-888-TRI-WEST
(1-888-874-9378). The Health Benefits Advisors
are available Monday-Friday from 730 am to 400
pm, and their phone number is (619) 532-8328.
8Childcare / Youth Programs
- Child Care Resource and ReferralAddress 2375
Recreation Way - Bldg 3320 - Naval Station San Diego
- Phone (619) 556-8491Assists parents in
obtaining quality child care by - providing complete information and
resources regarding military and - civilian providers located throughout San
Diego. - The Navys MWR Youth Programs Department operates
housing area recreation centers and offers a wide
variety of recreation programs for children ages
three to seventeen. Some of these programs
include open recreation, contract classes, field
trips, teen programming, building rentals and
special events. For additional information on
any of these programs or services, contact your
local Housing Area Recreation Center or call
(619) 556-6165. - The Depots Marine Corps Family Team Building
program office is the source of information
regarding ongoing child/youth activities such as
flag football, cheerleading, basketball, and
popular dance. (619) 524-0916.
9School Information
- Metro San Diego has a broad spectrum of
educational institutions (public,private,parochial
) and opportunities available, as well as
programs to address special needs and interests.
The School Liaison at Marine Corps Family Team
Building is the best source for guidance with
regards to school resources and contacts. - For Information and Assistance 524-8032
- Two of the better online school information
resources GreatSchools.com and
SchoolMatters.com - can provide a great deal of
basic know before you go information to those
on their way to San Diego. Both websites are
utilized by the DoD-sponsored MilitaryHOMEFRONT.
10 Area Familiarization
- Armed Services YMCA offers an Out and About
tour. - Encourage new Marines and family to explore the
area from the East County mountains and desert -
to the Pacific Ocean seashore and beaches - and
everywhere in between. San Diego is blessed with
great weather, a culturally rich population, and
wide variety of activities to participate in, and
places to go virtually all-year round. If
someone ends up being bored in San Diego,
its certainly - not for a lack of things to do.
11Common Tasks
- Welcome Aboard Package (WAP) - Check with
Relocation Assistance to verify that WAP has been
sent to in-bound Marine - 524-5298. - Temporary Lodging - Depot Transient Billeting
- (524-4401), Lodge at MCAS Miramar, Navy
Lodge at NavSta - and NAS North Island. 1-800-NAVY-INN
(1-800-628-9466). - Utilities Advise that most require service
connection deposits in advance San Diego Gas
Electric, Water, Telephone, Cable, etc. - Change of Address - Can be taken care of online
at www.usps.com or by submitting the form
included in the Change-of-Address kit available
at post office.
12Need-to-Know, Nice-to-Know
- Locate Local California Department of Motor
Vehicle (DMV) Service Centers. - Take note of the California
- Car-seat Law Applies to
- children under 6 yrs / 60 lbs.
- Must be secured in back seat.
13 DMV Centers General Information (800)
777-0133 3960 Normal St., 92103
4375 Derrick Dr., 92117
14- Need-to-Know, Nice-to-Know
- San Diego County Recorder/Clerk Offices and
Annexes -
- RECORDER - accepts and records legal instruments
(documents) required by law upon payment of
proper fees and taxes. Functions include the
maintenance of birth, marriage and death records
and indexes for San Diego County. - COUNTY CLERK - functions include issuing,
marriage licenses and performing civil marriage
ceremonies, notaries public, process servers, and
professional certified photocopiers.
15- San Diego County Recorder/Clerk
- Offices and Annexes
- Kearny Mesa Branch Office
Main Office - 5473 Kearny Villa Rd. 92123 1600
Pacific Highway, Room 260 - 3rd Floor (858) 505-6262
San Diego, CA 92101 -
(619) 237-0502
16Words of Wisdom from YOU, the Sponsor
- Advise in-bound Marines to budget for the move to
- San Diego in order to cushion the effect of
economy sticker shock in housing prices and
utilities rates. - The best one-stop info source is the monthly
- Commanding Generals Welcome
Aboard - at Marine Family Services Building 14.
- Encourage the new Marine and family to take
advantage of the many military and civilian
sector activity and support programs, including
Marine Family Services, Single Marine Program,
Marine Corps Family Team Building/LINKS/Child and
Youth Activities, Armed Services YMCA, and USO
activities.
17 Quality Time
- The time you will need to set aside for assisting
a Marine and family which are new to the Depot -
and the San Diego Community - may only be a few
hours, or a couple of days at the most. Dont
underestimate the value of that time, assistance,
and understanding that you provide, your
sponsorship efforts go a long way to upholding
one of the Marine mottos - - Taking Care of our own.
18Relocation Assistance Program Office
- IMPORTANT Upon completion of this online
brief, call or email the Relocation Assistance
Program office to request your certificate of
completion in order to satisfy Depot Order
Sponsor Orientation requirements. - (619) 524-5298
james.yost_at_usmc.mil