PCS installation guides

Use the same housing decision framework at every duty station.

A useful PCS guide should not start with houses for sale. It should start with the assignment: report timing, worksite, commute, on-base vs. off-base, rent vs. buy, the home you may be leaving behind and the local professional who understands the destination.

Updated October 17, 2026 · By . The national guide library is expanding; current published installation guides are listed below.

Current installation guides · Texas

Joint Base San Antonio

The standard

Every future installation guide will answer the same core decisions.

  1. What does the assignment and report timeline require?
  2. What changes between on-base and off-base housing?
  3. Should this household rent first or buy?
  4. Which commute corridors actually work for the likely worksite and gate?
  5. What happens to the home at the current duty station?
  6. Who is the vetted destination-market professional if the move is outside San Antonio?
  7. Which facts are official, which are market observations, and when were they last updated?

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