Family and Morale, Welfare & Recreation
PCS Joint Task Force
The PCS Joint Task Force supports military and civilian families relocating during PCS season and beyond.
- Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. CDT
- 833-MIL-MOVE (833-645-6683)
- PCSCallCenter@mail.mil
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U.S. Army Garrison Fort Leavenworth
For Newcomers
Your PCS and Arrival Guide
Welcome to Fort Leavenworth
Plan your move, find housing, establish care, enroll your children, and connect with the Fort Leavenworth community.
New to Fort Leavenworth?
Start with the official Installation Newcomers Orientation, then use this page to complete the tasks most important to you and your family.
Start with the official Installation Newcomers Orientation, then use this page to complete the tasks most important to you and your family.
Installation Newcomers Orientation
Start here for your Fort Leavenworth arrival.
Download the official Newcomers Orientation briefing for a comprehensive overview of access, severe weather, ALERT registration, housing, health care, schools, Army Community Service, and installation resources.
Plan Your Move
PCS planning, moving support, household goods, and checklists.
Arriving Soon
Access, ID cards, alerts, health care, and maps.
Find a Home
On-post housing, resident support, off-post housing, and pets.
Settle Your Family
Schools, employment, ACS, religious support, and recreation.
Get Connected
ALERT, My Army Post, official updates, and community resources.
Plan your PCS move
Start with these resources before you depart your current duty station. They support Soldiers, families, and DoW civilians preparing to relocate to Fort Leavenworth.
Plan My Move
Create a custom move checklist, then save, download, print, and update it throughout your moving process.
Build Your PCS Checklist (opens in a new tab)Defense Personal Property System
Schedule your move, track your shipment, and file a claim for lost or damaged goods during shipment.
Access Defense Personal Property System (opens in a new tab)Arriving at Fort Leavenworth
Complete the essential arrival tasks that help you access the installation, establish care, and prepare your family for daily life.
Gate and Visitor Information
Review gate hours, visitor access requirements, and installation entry information before arriving.
View Gate InformationID Cards and DEERS
Find DEERS, ID card, appointment, and required-document information for eligible personnel and family members.
Access ID Cards and DEERSHealth Care
Establish care, access appointments, and learn about services at Munson Army Health Center.
Visit Munson Army Health Center (opens in a new tab)Alerts and Severe Weather
Register for ALERT to receive emergency notifications and stay informed during Fort Leavenworth severe weather events.
Register for ALERT (opens in a new tab)Find a home
Start with Frontier Heritage Communities for on-post housing. Garrison housing offices remain available for oversight, unresolved concerns, off-post housing support, and referral assistance.
Frontier Heritage Communities
Live on post at Fort Leavenworth
Frontier Heritage Communities manages privatized on-post housing at Fort Leavenworth. Explore housing options, submit an application, review the resident handbook, request maintenance, and access support throughout your residency.
Prepare for Move-In
Review housing availability, application requirements, leasing procedures, utility considerations, resident responsibilities, and the tenant handbook before moving into on-post housing.
What to review before move-in
- Housing application and eligibility requirements
- Lease, utility, and resident responsibilities
- Move-in condition documentation
- Maintenance request procedures
- Tenant handbook and community rules
Bringing a Pet?
Review pet registration, deposit, leash, cleanup, breed, and unattended-pet requirements before arriving with a pet.
View key pet requirements
- Register pets at the Veterinary Clinic within five working days.
- Provide vaccination records during pet registration.
- A refundable $250 deposit is required per pet.
- Up to four pets are allowed per household.
- Physical leashes are required outside fenced areas.
- Cleanup requirements and fines may apply.
- Breed restrictions apply.
- Pets may not be left unattended indoors more than 10 hours or outdoors more than 12 hours.
Settle your family
Connect with education, child and youth programs, employment support, Army Community Service, religious support, and recreation resources.
Education and Youth Services
Explore USD 207, nearby school districts, Child and Youth Services, Parent Central, and school-transition support.
Visit USD 207 (opens in a new tab)Explore Child and Youth Services (opens in a new tab)
Find Community and Connection
Connect with Religious Support, Fort Leavenworth Family and MWR, recreation, and community programs.
Explore Religious SupportExplore Family and MWR (opens in a new tab)
Army Community Service
Career, Family, and Relocation Support
Army Community Service is the central resource for Soldiers, families, DoW civilians, retirees, and other authorized users who need help navigating Fort Leavenworth services.
Find career planning, job-search assistance, resume support, relocation readiness, financial readiness, Army Emergency Relief, EFMP, family advocacy, volunteer opportunities, and information and referral services.
Explore Army Community ServiceLiving on post
Learn the everyday customs, services, and routines that help make Fort Leavenworth home.
Installation Bugle Calls
Know what to do during Reveille, Retreat, and Taps while on Fort Leavenworth.
View bugle call guidance
REVEILLE
Service members were taught their first day in uniform what to do when these bugle calls sound. They face the flag — or toward the music if the flag is not visible — come to attention and render the hand salute for “Reveille.” Those driving on Grant Ave. will continue as normal. Those driving on any other road on post will: pull over, park, exit the vehicle safely, and render honors.
RETREAT
Soldiers in formation: execute the commands of the officer or non-commissioned officer in charge.
Soldiers in uniform but not in formation: face the flag or direction of the music. Stand at the position of attention until the firing of the cannon or the first note of “To the Colors,” then render a hand salute.
Civilians and Soldiers wearing civilian clothes: face the flag, come to the position of attention, remove headgear with right hand, and place right hand over the heart until the last note of music. Soldiers and veterans may render a hand salute rather than placing their hand over their heart.
Those driving on Grant Ave. will continue as normal. Those driving on any other road on post will: pull over, park, exit the vehicle safely, and render honors.
TAPS
For nightly taps, the flag has already come down, so there is no need to render courtesies to the bugle call. The call indicates the end of the duty day. At a military funeral when taps is played, a flag is present, and courtesies are involved.
Discover Fort Leavenworth
Use the post map to explore key services, monuments, historic sites, and important locations throughout Fort Leavenworth.
Discover Fort Leavenworth: Map, Monuments, and Key Sights (PDF opens in a new tab)CGSOC Inbound Students
Incoming CGSOC students can access dedicated information to prepare for their academic and family transition to Fort Leavenworth.
View CGSOC Inbound Information (opens in a new tab)Stay connected
Follow official Fort Leavenworth updates, receive emergency notifications, and use trusted tools to stay informed before, during, and after arrival.
Information on how to get onto Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Includes the Visitor Control Center (VCC), proper identification needed and operating hours of the gates.
Community Support Facilities & Programs - Army Community Service (ACS) invites you into a world of education, opportunity and discovery while offering programs and services that promote self-reliance, resilience, and stability during war and peace.
Provide timely and accurate Military Pay, Travel Pay, and Disbursing Support to military personnel and their families.
ASAP supports the command and community in maintaining unit and personnel readiness and quality of life by providing substance abuse deterrence efforts, community
education / prevention programs, identification and referrals for rehabilitation services while shaping the capability to meet future requirements.
Reroutes to the Garrison SharePoint for employee resources and information
Provide timely and accurate professional service for the next-of-kin of critically injured, ill or deceased Active Duty Army Soldiers, Retirees, and Veterans within our geographical area of responsibility.
The Army Continuing Education Service (ACES) aims to improve readiness of the total Army by providing quality educational programs and services that support the professional and personal development of service members, adult family members, and DoD civilians.
The Emergency Management (EM) program seeks to promote safer, less vulnerable Army communities with the capacity to cope with hazards and disasters.
Fort Leavenworth's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is one of the components of the Army Substance Abuse Program. However, the EAP assists employees, family members and family members of active duty military to resolve all types of “problems in living.”
Environmental Management at Fort Leavenworth is the means of conserving, protecting and restoring our natural and cultural resources while accomplishing the military mission. Proper environmental management and coordination at the installation are necessary to comply with Federal, state, and local regulations. In addition, it contributes to overall mission readiness by maintaining access to training areas, protecting the health and safety of soldiers and civilians, and improving public relations.
Fort Leavenworth is determined to execute an aggressive protection program to protect its personnel, their families, facilities, and materiel resources against terrorist attack. The goal is to deter attack by establishing a layered defense; one that maintains access control at the perimeter, implements baseline antiterrorism physical security measures as force protection levels escalate, and establish security for identified critical assets.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) generally provides that any person has a right, enforceable in court, to obtain access to federal agency records, except to the extent that such records (or portions of them) are protected from disclosure by one of nine exemptions or by one of three special law enforcement record exclusions.
Housing Oversight Office is an advocate for residents of on-post privatized housing.
Housing Services provides relocation assistance and housing referral services for OFF POST housing to service members, families and DoD civilians.
Issue / replace the Common Access Card (CAC) and Uniformed Services ID Card for authorized customers. Enroll / update authorized customers information in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS).
U.S. Army Combined Arms Command (USACAC) & Fort Leavenworth
Mission
Serves as an extension of the Commanding General by providing impartial advice and independent assessments of the morale, welfare, and discipline of the Command through assistance, inspections, investigations and training in order to improve readiness of the Command.
The Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) ensures that commanders are equipped with the proper tools in their units to sustain a comprehensive effort to maximize human potential and ensure fair treatment for all persons based solely on merit, fitness and capability in support of readiness.
The Military Records section of MPD-AG / HRS makes changes to Service Members official records.
Photography Services provides head and shoulders photos and Joint Services official command photos.
The Public Affairs Office supports the garrison by communicating on behalf of the installation and its leadership - providing clear, accurate, timely information to internal & external audiences. We employ a variety of communication strategies- including internal news and information products, media engagement, and public outreach.
Assist Soldiers and their Families who have been notified of an upcoming Permanent Change of Station (PCS), or also called Reassignment.
The Records & Information Manager (RIM) supports USAG Fort Leavenworth (FTLVN) in the following areas:
Assist internal offices to create & maintain a Records Management Program (RMP) according to the Army Records Information Management System (ARIMS); track and update their office symbols; provide guidance for their publication / printing mission and create official forms.
The Religious Services Organization (RSO) ensures that a professionally trained and ready Chaplaincy provides religious, spiritual, moral and ethical advice and services to the Combined Arms Command, Garrison, tenant organizations, and members of the military community.
The Retirement Services Program is designed to assist Soldiers and their Families in their transition to retirement and to keep them updated on their benefits and entitlements after retirement. This includes active duty, retirees, spouses, dependents, widows, widowers, former spouses, and veterans. A primary element of retirement services is proper and timely counseling on the career status bonus (CSB), Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and Reserve Component SBP.
Instill policies and procedures for a comprehensive Garrison Safety Program. Provide technical advice to the Garrison Commander and staff on integration of safety and risk management into all missions and functions within the command.
Provide security support to all Garrison and non-mission government, military, and contractor personnel on Fort Leavenworth.
The SHARP Resource Center provides awareness and prevention, training and education, victim advocacy, response, reporting and follow up for sexual harassment and assault issues.
We provide transition and employment assistance to Soldiers and their adult family members who are transitioning from active duty.
The Training Office is responsible for: Reserving all training areas & ceremony / event sites; Unit ammunition requirements; Registering IMCOM students in Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS); Provide range certification training for military and privately owned weapons use.
The Transportation Office manages / provides the following services: Personal Property Processing Office, Official Travel (Port-Call) and service member passport and visa requests, Government (GSA) vehicles and Freight movement.
Fort Leavenworth is committed to providing efficient and effective solid waste removal and recycling services to its residents. This online resource page offers information on the various options available for waste disposal and recycling on the base. From pickup schedules to acceptable items, this page provides a comprehensive guide to help residents properly dispose of their waste and contribute to a cleaner environment.
Voting assistance for service members, their families and overseas citizens.
Information on how to get onto Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Includes the Visitor Control Center (VCC), proper identification needed and operating hours of the gates.