{"id":27152,"date":"2018-03-09T19:38:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T19:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/09\/survey-the-best-way-to-help-military-movers-more-money\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:34:20","slug":"survey-the-best-way-to-help-military-movers-more-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/home-hq\/2018\/03\/09\/survey-the-best-way-to-help-military-movers-more-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: The best way to help military movers? More money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While the Defense Department provides an array of support programs to military families on the move<\/a>, a recent survey suggests most of those on the move would prefer a check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFinancial assistance\u201d ranked first on the list of suggested permanent change-of-station move<\/a> improvements in a survey of 5,650 service members, veterans and their families conducted by the Military Family Advisory Network<\/a>. It wasn\u2019t close, either: 28 percent of survey-takers who tackled the question pointed to the need for more cash, with the second-place answer, \u201cinformation support,\u201d garnering 16 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo support needed\u201d clocked in with 13 percent. \u201cHelp adjusting to new communities,\u201d the only other response in double digits, had 12 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey did not break out respondents by background, so it\u2019s unclear how many of the troops, veterans, spouses and others who offered their views on the PCS question have been active participants in the military moving system<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 30 percent of the survey-takers hadn\u2019t made a military move in at least five years, according to another question, and 16.78 percent never made one.<\/p>\n\n\n\t