Offutt Welcome Center


The Welcome Center is located in a brick, steel-roofed building on the northwest corner of the junction of NE Highway 370 and Ft Crook Road.  This one-stop-shopping center provides visitors with information on Offutt and the surrounding community.  In addition, it also offers newcomers with a warm and inviting environment to meet their sponsors and access computers, the internet, employment information and maps. On-site child care is available during your visit. The superintendent’s office for the Bellvue Public Schools is located in the same building. To contact the Offutt Welcome Center call (402) 827-8554, Monday-Friday, 7:30-4:30 p.m.

Sponsorship/Mail

Meet your sponsor at the Offutt Welcome Center if you arrive during business hours. If you want to have mail forwarded to you at Offutt, you can use the following address: (Your Rank and Name), 110 Airman Circle Ste 99999, Offutt AFB, NE 68113-2070

Lodging Reservations

Reservations at Offutt Inns can be made up to 120 days in advance and prior to receiving permanent change of station orders.  Reservations must be reconfirmed three days prior to your arrival and will be canceled at 6 p.m. on the check-in date unless guaranteed with a credit card.  To make reservations or for further information, call (402) 294-3671 or DSN 271-3671. Reservations may also be faxed to (402) 294-3199 or sent via e-mail to 55SVS.Lodging@offutt.AF.mil.

Advance pay for PCSing
Advance military pay is available within 30 days prior to PCSing and up to 60 days after arrival at your new permanent duty station.  E-5s and above may request one month advance pay (minus deductions) without commander’s approval and up to three months with commander’s signature.  E-4s and below will require commander’s signature regardless of the number of months.  Repayment on advance military pay is 12 months with an available extension of up to 24 months, again with commander’s approval.

Signing in
Sign in to the base at your unit orderly room.  Your leave enroute ends the day you sign in.  Talk to your sponsor, your supervisor or an expert in your orderly room about when to sign in.  Remember, you must sign in before or on your Report No Later Than Date.

Important Items to hand carry:
- Copies of your PCS orders
- All moving paperwork, inventory, etc.
- Employment records of family members
- Medical, dental and immunization records for entire family
- School records for children and adults
- Pet records and immunizations
- Phone numbers for your gaining unit, sponsor and command post (for emergencies during transit)

    Loan Closet

    The Loan Closet is run by the Family Support Center and provides newcomers with free, temporary use of cooking and eating utensils, futons and other small household necessities.  Other services include sponsor packets for members arriving at Offutt, plus brochures, videos and information packages on most military installations for people leaving. Call (402) 294-4329 for more information.