It’s PCS season, and hundreds of thousands of servicemembers and their families will face the daunting task of moving across state or even national lines. Picking up your entire life and moving every few years is part of the military experience, and most servicemembers and military spouses are familiar with the frustrations and headaches that come along with it.
Because of their familiarity with the pain points, it shouldn’t be a surprise that many veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs have launched companies aimed at making PCS moves easier. We’ve compiled a list of IVMF alumni running companies right now that want to help your next PCS experience be your best. Give them a look today!
Anthony Gantt Jr
Marine Corps Veteran
AtEase Rentals
PCS moves are tough, and the DoD oversees some half a million a year. At Ease Rentals connects those making a PCS move or undergoing military and government TDY travel with pre-approved lodgings. Their goal is to get your family out of a hotel and into more homey accommodations while you’re training or while you look for a new home, and make sure you have a hassle-free reimbursement. At Ease also connects you to real estate listings near bases!
How it Helps: Finding a new place to live is one of the biggest stresses of a PCS move. Your family can be crammed into a hotel room for weeks sharing one bathroom if you’re hunting for a home. Upgrade your lodgings, save the government money, and make sure you have a stress-free reimbursements with AtEase!
Monica Fullerton
Air Force Spouse
Spouse-ly
Spouse-ly is an online marketplace featuring products and local services from military and first-responder families.
How it Helps: After a PCS move, there are so many local services you’re going to need—a real estate agent, a barber or hair stylist, a therapist. You’ll also need 100 little things for your new home. Why not check to see if there’s someone in our community that can provide it first? Spouse-ly has a range of products and services available, and each one helps out a military or first-responder family owned business.
Shea Sines
Army Spouse
Box Ops
Shea Sines launched Box Ops in 2019 after a terrible PCS experience. Box Ops created a line of box labels with moving companies in mind, to ensure your items get where they need to go.
How it Helps: Boxing up your stuff and moving is one of the biggest hassles of a PCS move, especially for families. Make unpacking organized with Box Ops’ color-coded labels and get your boxes to the right place so you can go from moving back to living fast!
Vic Hill
Army Veteran
MyRuck
MyRuck is a comprehensive and simple to use benefits tool empowering service members and their families to analyze what benefits and resources they’re eligible for at a federal, state, county, and city level. This enables them to see what they have access to, where, and how to use it.
How it Helps: While MyRuck doesn’t have a release version available yet, it promises to streamline a variety of administrative elements of PCS moves.
Jason Anderson
Army Veteran
VeteranPCS
This platform helps military personnel buy and sell their home as they move from duty station to duty station, getting you in touch with local agents who have been through the PCS process and understand it. Not only is the platform free to use, it also pays you a bonus and makes a charitable donation when you use it!
How it Helps: Find your new place fast, and put some extra cash in your pocket to help purchase all those little things you discover you need as you’re moving in.
Do You Have a Businesses Idea?
Launching your own business and being your own boss could be in your future! At the D’aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), we have a vast portfolio of free programs designed to help veterans and military spouses make the leap into entrepreneurship. Check out our ideation-phase program offerings and let us show you how to turn your idea into a real business today!