I PCS from Korea in less than 2 months and I still have no sponsor. What should I do (I emailed Fort Hood sponsorship office no response)?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:34:58 -0400

Sponsorship

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 21 at 2017 10:40 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:40:47 -0400

Everything done on your ACT?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 21 at 2017 10:40 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:40:51 -0400

Call the office.

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Sep 21 at 2017 10:52 AM

SGM Erik Marquez — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:52:18 -0400

The sponsorship program has been broken since about 1984, it has been hit or miss, posts to post, unit to unit with no real constancy...
The FH Sponsorship office is in the Copeland Soldier Service Center, and that has a front desk manned 24/7 [login to see] call and ask to speak to the senior person,,normally a SSG, but I have seen SFC, MSG on the desk as well. (and PFC, SPC)
Ask them to double check the Sponsorship office contact info for you, and ask if they could walk over to it, get a name and a good contact number plus time that persona will be available to take a call.
When I left FH 2014 the office had small group of folks, Mil and Civ, say 8 or so...assuming the program is still active, there should be someone in the office 5 days a week during business hours.

If none of that works, message me and I'll go on post and be a squeaky wheel

Response by 1SG Johnny Carter made Sep 21 at 2017 10:54 AM

1SG Johnny Carter — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:54:15 -0400

Do you know the Unit you are going to? If so I would send the 1SG an email asking for a sponsor.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 21 at 2017 11:09 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:09:13 -0400

If you know the unit, connect with Soldiers active on Rallypoint.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 21 at 2017 1:32 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:32:30 -0400

You'll likely be going through central in processing and the unit you get assigned to as replacement will acquire you so they may not even know for sure you're coming to them yet. Are there any specific questions you might want some answers for in advance of your PCS? Do your orders have you slated for a particular Brigade or Regiment and from there you might get a sponsor to contact but unlike going OCONUS, sponsorship is a little broken as one of the other responders has said.

Response by SGT Tony Clifford made Sep 21 at 2017 4:52 PM

SGT Tony Clifford — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:52:23 -0400

I feel you. I went from Lewis which had an in process center to Korea also with in process to WSMR which has none. I showed up and went straight to my battalion as it was the only unit on the post. I did the post inprocessing through staff duty and the S-1 shop and the sent me directly to CIF. Every post has different processing and the only one that had sponsors was Lewis.

Response by SPC Roberto Figueroa made Sep 22 at 2017 1:59 AM

SPC Roberto Figueroa — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 01:59:59 -0400

If you are a single soldier, try contacting BOSS (Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers).

Response by GySgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 23 at 2017 2:17 PM

GySgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:17:38 -0400

I am sure that the sponsorship program has value at certain remote locations but I never had a "sponsor" that did anything for me that I couldn't do for myself. What is it that you need a sponsor to do for you? Are you having a hard time finding housing? Are you trying to figure out what your new job will consist of? Maybe this is just one of the differences between the Marine Corps and the Army. Maybe since the Corps is smaller, I never had an issue contacting the gaining command in order to get answers to any questions I had.

Response by SSG Stephen Kimball made Sep 24 at 2017 7:16 PM

SSG Stephen Kimball — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 19:16:48 -0400

You probably won't have a sponsor until you reach your battalion. Korea won't recognize your sponsorship request until you are listed as in theater. Good luck!