For Navy, Air Force, Army & Coast Guard families
Your PCS, simplified.
Free base-specific guides, an honest 10-stage moving playbook, and tools built for real military timelines — from your first orders through unpacking your last box.
- Free · No login required
- Built by a sailor
- No fabricated facts
- Not a DoD resource
Real sailors, real money
This is what being told looks like.
Verbatim quote, shared with permission. Your entitlements depend on your rank, dependents, and move — the Benefits Finder shows yours.
How can we help?
Start wherever you are.
Pick what you need right now. Everything's free, nothing's behind an email gate.
My Move
Save your move — and stop re-typing your info.
Create a free account and your whole PCS lives in one place: your plan, your tools, and your forms auto-filled from your details. Log back in from any device. Free, no spam — we connect you with vetted partners who can help with your move (that's what keeps it free), and we never sell your info to advertisers or data brokers.
Moving now, or have orders?
Save your move and we'll auto-fill your forms (like the DD 1351-2) from your profile — fill once, reuse everywhere.
Save my move →Not moving yet?
Get on the list. When your orders drop, your money math and a step-by-step plan are one click away — no scrambling.
Notify me when it's time →Where are you headed?
Find your base.
Three regions, every branch — all eight Hampton Roads bases (Navy, Air Force, Army, and the first Coast Guard base), the four San Diego bases on the West Coast, and the two Jacksonville, FL bases (NAS Jax + NS Mayport). A few below; browse them all on the map.
Navy · Norfolk, VA
Naval Station Norfolk
Surface fleet · 7 area guides
Navy · Virginia Beach, VA
NAS Oceana
F/A-18 master jet base · aviation
Navy · Virginia Beach, VA
JEB Little Creek-Fort Story
Amphibious · expeditionary · NSW
Air Force · Hampton, VA
Langley AFB / JBLE
ACC HQ · F-22 Raptors · 1st Fighter Wing
Navy · San Diego, CA
Naval Base San Diego
Pacific surface fleet · 32nd Street
Coast Guard · Portsmouth, VA
USCG Base Portsmouth
LANTAREA HQ · Sector Virginia · FINCEN
Navy, Air Force, Army & Coast Guard — across Hampton Roads, San Diego, and Jacksonville.
Neighborhood-deep
We don't just list bases.
Every base gets an honest breakdown of the surrounding areas — who they fit, the real tradeoffs, and exactly what to verify before you sign a lease. Toggle the layers to see commissaries, schools, beaches, and more.
What makes this different
No fluff. No fabrication. No paywall.
Honest sourcing — no fabrication
We never claim BAH rates, commute times, or school ratings ourselves. We link directly to BAH.gov, GreatSchools, DeCA, and the authoritative sources. If we don't know it, we say so.
Built for Navy, Air Force, Army & Coast Guard
Not a one-size-fits-all relo site. Written for sailors, airmen, soldiers, and coastguardsmen by someone who's done this — with the specific bridges, BAH zones, and base quirks that matter for these branches.
Free. No login required. No paywall.
Every tool, every guide, and every map is open — no email required. A free account is OPTIONAL (it saves your move across devices); the AI assistant is the one place we ask for an email. Nothing is locked behind a paywall, ever.
From the moving playbook
Start at Stage 1.
Honest answers
Things people actually ask.
Is this affiliated with the Department of Defense?
No. PCS-Move.com is a private company, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a resource of the DoD, Navy, Air Force, or any government agency. We are independent so we can be honest about the system without managing inside it.
I don't know where to start — what should I do first?
Start with the Benefits Finder: answer a few quick questions and we'll show you every entitlement you qualify for — DLA, the DITY/PPM incentive, per diem, MALT, and more — with the dollars attached and the form to claim each one. Most people leave money on the table simply because nobody told them it existed. If you'd rather follow the whole move start to finish, the roadmap lays out all ten stages in order.
Which branches do you cover?
Navy, Air Force, and Army across three regions — Hampton Roads, San Diego, and Jacksonville, FL (NAS Jax + NS Mayport) — plus our first Coast Guard base, CG Base Portsmouth (LANTAREA HQ) in Hampton Roads. JBLE's joint geography (Langley AFB + Fort Eustis are joint-based) made adding Army the natural step from full Navy + AF coverage. Marines and Space Force, and Coast Guard bases beyond Portsmouth, aren't on the site yet; if your base isn't covered we'd rather say so than fake competence.
Can I trust the recommendations?
Our standing rule is no fabricated facts. We never make up commute minutes, BAH dollars, school ratings, or commissary hours. When you see a number on this site, either we sourced it from a public authority (linked) or we built a tool that asks you for the inputs and shows its work.
Got orders? Let's go.
Start with your timeline. Five minutes, no signup, every milestone calculated from your Report Date.