New Web site designed to make PCS moves easier Published Feb. 11, 2004 By Staff Sgt. Melanie Streeter Air Force Print News WASHINGTON -- Relocating an Air Force family can be challenging. To ease the strain, Air Force officials recently launched “AF Move,” a Web site designed to put as much moving-related information as possible only a mouse-click away."This is an absolutely outstanding Web site,” said Maj. Gen. Craig Rasmussen, Air Force director of logistics readiness. “It is the gold standard for our Air Force personnel to use before, during and after their personal property move has been completed."While many units have local sites to help Air Force families in the moving process, this site aims to give people Air Force-level guidance.“We want this site to become institutional, so that anyone in the Air Force, military or civilian, can go there to search out information,” said Randy Teske, Air Force personal property and passenger policy traffic management specialist. “Let’s face it, we only move now every three or four years, so we become out of touch because processes and entitlements change.”The site links users to everything from making permanent-change-of-station moving arrangements to tracking a personally owned vehicle shipment.“You can go into the carrier industry and trace your shipments,” said Jim McAllister, personal property and passenger policy division chief. “You can even go in and see local laws on certain items that may be restricted.”Other links connect Air Force families to the claims offices at either end of their move.“Sometimes our members transfer to an area that’s handled by another branch of military service,” said Sharon Goodson, traffic management specialist. “This gives them not only the phone numbers, but keeps them in touch with Air Force policy, so if they have a question, they can go back to what the Air Force requirements are and get back on track.”The site’s usefulness does not end there. When people use it early in the PCS process, they can plan the move intelligently, Mr. McAllister said.“We’ve tried to make it one-stop shopping, the best we can,” he said. “It helps you ask the right questions. It may even satisfy all your questions, even before you go in and get personal counseling.”It also serves as a great tool for remembering what items were briefed during that counseling, Mr. McAllister said.“You might say to yourself, ‘What was that they were telling me?’ And then you can go to the site and there it is,” Mr. McAllister said.The site also contains links to a toolbox full of technical information that Air Force personal property specialists can reference. This allows officials to quickly disseminate information to offices in the field and serves as an invaluable resource, Mr. McAllister said.“We’re already starting to get rave reviews from the folks in the field,” he said.The next time PCS orders drive Air Force members to pack up personal property and head for a new base, http://afmove.hq.af.mil can help keep the headaches and hassles to a minimum.