Davis Monthan Air Force Base Welcome Center

Comm: 520-228-1077
DSN: 228-1077
Monday-Friday, 0800-1600
Mission Support Group's Building #3200, Room 123
By Appointment Only
 
Welcome to the Desert Lightning Team!
 

The Davis Monthan Welcome Center is a one-stop for one-on-one in-processing appointments for newly arrived Airmen and their Families with the Military Personnel Flight (MPF), Comptroller Squadron (CPTS), Traffic Management Office (TMO) and the Medical Group (MDG) in approximately an hour. 

Airmen are encouraged to bring family/dependents with them to their in-processing appointment at the Welcome Center where children can be entertained by arcade games, toys, books and children's movies in a designated area just for them. 

Before you can make an appointment, you must electronically complete the in-processing checklist and email the completed form to: 355WG.CVB.WC@US.AF.MIL 

Once the in-processing checklist is completed and submitted, your gaining unit's representative will schedule an appointment that will be within 72 business hours of your arrival on station. This appointment will be before house hunting days or leave is taken.

First Term Airman (Davis-Monthan is your first duty station) are required to be accompanied to their in-processing appointment by their supervisor or sponsor. 

All Airmen will be scheduled for the Right Start Orientation that is located at the Landing Community Center. The Right Start Orientation has briefings from the Wing Commander, Command Chief, Public Affairs, Equal Opportunity, Wing Safety, Public Health, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Legal, Chapel, Office of Special Investigations, etc.   

The Welcome Center can provide contact information for the School Liaison Officer, Exceptional Family Member Program and Military Housing Office.

 

Welcome Center Intro

B-Roll: US Soldiers celebrate 80th anniversary of the liberation of Montecchio Maggiore, Italy
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
Video by Pfc. Jamaries Casado
April 27, 2025 | 2:58
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade, participate in the Liberation Day Parade at Montecchio Maggiore, Italy, April 27, 2025. This day known as “Festa della Liberazione”, commemorates the end of the Nazi occupation and fascist rule during World War II. On April 28, 1945, a task force made up of Soldiers from the 88th Infantry Division liberated Montecchio Maggiore, just a few miles west of Vicenza, Italy. (U.S. Army video by Pfc. Jamaries Casado)

Shot List
(00:00:00) CLOSE SHOT CUTAWAY: Street signs.
(00:02:09) MEDIUM SHOT PAN DOWN: 173rd soldier holds the guidon in front of the formation.
(00:08:13) MEDIUM SHOT: Lt. Col. Ryan Hulse salutes.
(00:12:06) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldier salutes.
(00:14:07) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldier holds the guidon.
(00:16:14) WIDE SHOT: Italian representative delivers remarks on a podium.
(00:21:16) MEDIUM SHOT: Italian representative delivers remarks on a podium.
(00:28:09) MEDIUM SHOT PAN RIGHT: Local Italian school choir singing, man wiping his tears at the end.
(00:50:01) WIDE SHOT: Lt. Col. Hulse delivers remarks at the podium besides translator Angela Balbo.
(01:02:05) MEDIUM SHOT: Lt. Col. Hulse delivers remarks at the podium besides translator Angela Balbo.
(01:12:25) CLOSE SHOT CUTAWAY: Laurel wreath by a monument.
(01:15:06) MEDIUM SHOT CUTAWAY: Lion statue in front of the cathedral.
(01:17:07) WIDE SHOT PAN RIGHT: Italian actors reenact celebration on a tank during the tank parade.
(01:20:20) MEDIUM SHOT: Italian actors reenact celebration on a tank during the tank parade.
(01:25:11) MEDIUM SHOT: Italian actors reenact celebration on a tank during the tank parade.
(01:31:17) MEDIUM SHOT: Actors pose for a photo with a kid.
(01:35:07) MEDIUM SHOT: Actors pose for a photo with a family
(01:38:00) WIDE SHOT (SLOW-MO): Actors pose for a photo together.
(01:46:29) MEDIUM SHOT (SLOW-MO): Woman waves an Italian flag around the square.
(02:01:25) MEDIUM SHOT (SLOW-MO): Actors dance together around the square.
(02:12:10) MEDIUM SHOT (SLOW-MO): Legs of actors dancing around.
(02:19:12) WIDE SHOT: Soldiers and Italians dance together in the square.
(02:27:21) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldier and woman dance together in the square.
(02:32:19) WIDE SHOT: Soldiers and local communities hold hands and dance around in a circle.
(02:41:28) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldier and Italian actor dancing together.
(02:50:13) WIDE SHOT: Soldiers waving the Italian flag.
More


DVIDSVideoPlayer

B-Roll: US Soldiers celebrate 80th anniversary of the liberation of Montecchio Maggiore, Italy
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
Video by Pfc. Jamaries Casado
April 27, 2025 | 2:58
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade, participate in the Liberation Day Parade at Montecchio Maggiore, Italy, April 27, 2025. This day known as “Festa della Liberazione”, commemorates the end of the Nazi occupation and fascist rule during World War II. On April 28, 1945, a task force made up of Soldiers from the 88th Infantry Division liberated Montecchio Maggiore, just a few miles west of Vicenza, Italy. (U.S. Army video by Pfc. Jamaries Casado)

Shot List
(00:00:00) CLOSE SHOT CUTAWAY: Street signs.
(00:02:09) MEDIUM SHOT PAN DOWN: 173rd soldier holds the guidon in front of the formation.
(00:08:13) MEDIUM SHOT: Lt. Col. Ryan Hulse salutes.
(00:12:06) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldier salutes.
(00:14:07) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldier holds the guidon.
(00:16:14) WIDE SHOT: Italian representative delivers remarks on a podium.
(00:21:16) MEDIUM SHOT: Italian representative delivers remarks on a podium.
(00:28:09) MEDIUM SHOT PAN RIGHT: Local Italian school choir singing, man wiping his tears at the end.
(00:50:01) WIDE SHOT: Lt. Col. Hulse delivers remarks at the podium besides translator Angela Balbo.
(01:02:05) MEDIUM SHOT: Lt. Col. Hulse delivers remarks at the podium besides translator Angela Balbo.
(01:12:25) CLOSE SHOT CUTAWAY: Laurel wreath by a monument.
(01:15:06) MEDIUM SHOT CUTAWAY: Lion statue in front of the cathedral.
(01:17:07) WIDE SHOT PAN RIGHT: Italian actors reenact celebration on a tank during the tank parade.
(01:20:20) MEDIUM SHOT: Italian actors reenact celebration on a tank during the tank parade.
(01:25:11) MEDIUM SHOT: Italian actors reenact celebration on a tank during the tank parade.
(01:31:17) MEDIUM SHOT: Actors pose for a photo with a kid.
(01:35:07) MEDIUM SHOT: Actors pose for a photo with a family
(01:38:00) WIDE SHOT (SLOW-MO): Actors pose for a photo together.
(01:46:29) MEDIUM SHOT (SLOW-MO): Woman waves an Italian flag around the square.
(02:01:25) MEDIUM SHOT (SLOW-MO): Actors dance together around the square.
(02:12:10) MEDIUM SHOT (SLOW-MO): Legs of actors dancing around.
(02:19:12) WIDE SHOT: Soldiers and Italians dance together in the square.
(02:27:21) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldier and woman dance together in the square.
(02:32:19) WIDE SHOT: Soldiers and local communities hold hands and dance around in a circle.
(02:41:28) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldier and Italian actor dancing together.
(02:50:13) WIDE SHOT: Soldiers waving the Italian flag.
More