Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego

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Marine Corps Recruit DepotSan Diego

• Sponsorship Basics
• MARINE FAMILY SERVICES ? RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
  PROGRAM

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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.

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Typical Primary Concerns

• Housing
• Healthcare
• Area Familiarization
• Common Key Relocation Tasks

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Housing

• 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.

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Military Family Housing Welcome Center2625
Lehardy StreetSan Diego, CA 92136
619-556-8443www.cnrswhousing.navy.mil
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Healthcare

• 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)

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Primary 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 [phone].
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Childcare / Youth Programs

• Child Care Resource and ReferralAddress 2375
  Recreation Way
• Bldg 3320 - Naval Station San Diego
• Phone [phone]Assists 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
  [phone].
• 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. [phone].

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School 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.

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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.

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Common 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.

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Need-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.

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DMV Centers General Information (800)
777-0133 3960 Normal St., 92103
4375 Derrick Dr., 92117
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• 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.

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• 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 [phone]
  San Diego, CA 92101
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  [phone]
  

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Words 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.

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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.

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Relocation 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.
• [phone]
  james.yost_at_usmc.mil