NAVAL AIR STATION KINGSVILLE

at their office located in Building 2740, Room 112. Most of the community housing is available in Kingsville, Bishop, Ricardo and Riviera. Utility deposits may be charged for electricity, water, refuse collection, and gas. Bring a copy of your last utility bill to provide to the utility company to facilitate services.

e Housing Service Center can email you information about Kingsville and the surrounding areas upon request. You may also visit the command web site (http:// www.cn ic.navy.mil / kingsville for information about the air station and surrounding areas.

e day-to-day management, maintenance and operations of the PPV complexes are the responsibility of the Property Management/ Owner Manager. Residents should contact the manager when there are concerns or issues regarding occupancy at either location. Maintenance work requests must be submitted in writing to the management office. However, if there is an issue which does not get proper attention you should bring it to the attention of the Housing Service Center.

Eligibility

e Housing Service Center maintains a referral list of military personnel wanting to live in PPV housing. Active-duty military with families have top priority. If PPV housing cannot be filled by active¬ duty families, other categories of personnel including military bachelors and civilian employees then become eligible.

Applications for housing consist of: (1) DD1746 Application for Assignment to Housing (completed and signed by the active-duty member); (2) copy of the active-duty member's original orders; and (3) Certification of Dependents documentation (examples of dependent certification documents include NAVPERS 1070/603 Record of Emergency Data/ Dependency Application (Page 2), a NAVCOMPT 3072 Dependency Action Status, or a DD1172 Application for Uniformed Services Identification Card [DEERS Enrollment].

Applications may be made at any time after receipt of PCS orders and up to 30 days after reporting to new permanent duty station. Control dates will normally be the date of detachment from your last PCS. Applicants must confirm their application by contacting the Housing Service Center on their detaching date or no later than 30 days after reporting to their new duty station.

Applications may be faxed to (361) 516- 6988 or DSN 876-6988, e-mailed to kngv¬ housing@navy.mil, or mailed to: Housing Service Center 554 McCain Street Suite 114, Kingsville, TX 78363.

Personal Property (Household Goods)

Phone: (361) 516-6289

Household goods shipments (pack outs, storage and deliveries) are arranged by the Personal Property Shipping Office (PPSO) located at NAS Corpus Christi. A representative of that office is available at NAS Kingsville every Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. Inquiries can be made other times by contacting the Corpus Christi office at (361) 961-3742 or 961-3729 from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

OFF-DUTY EDUCATION

Texas A&M University- Kingsville

Phone: (361) 595-2111 www.tamuk.edu

Texas A&M University-Kingsville began in 1925 as South Texas Teachers College. rough preservation of its original buildings, the campus offers a unique blend of architectural significant structures and modern classrooms.

Texas A&M University-Kingsville is the oldest continuously operating public institution of higher learning in South Texas. e school was chartered as the South Texas Normal School in 1917; however, the opening of the school was delayed due to World War I. Founded in 1925 as South Texas State Teachers College, e university’s name changed in 1929 to Texas College of Arts and Industries signaled the broadening of its mission. A 1967 name change to Texas A&I University marked another transition. e university became a member of the Texas A&M University System in 1989 and changed its name to Texas A&M University-Kingsville in1993. e University has been continuously accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) since 1928.

Texas A&M University-Kingsville has a highly diverse student body with about 8,000 students pursuing degrees from eight academic colleges.

Programs

Texas A&M-Kingsville has 56 undergraduate degree programs, 61 master's programs and six doctoral degree programs in the Colleges of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education and Human Performance, Engineering, and Graduate Studies. e university features the region's only programs in engineering, social sciences and agriculture. With state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, the university's 545-acres teaching farm gives agriculture students hands-on farming and ranching expe- rience. Texas A&M Kingsville's bilingual education program, offering degrees at the master's and doctoral levels, was the first of its kind in the country and continues to be one of the strongest. Undergraduates in nearly all disciplines have an opportunity to participate in research projects.

Coastal Bend College

Phone: (866) 262-1615; Web: www.coastalbend.edu

Coast Bend College students in Kingsville can complete academic courses that make up a university-transfer core curriculum, and workforce education certificates and degree programs in accounting, child development, computer information technology, cosmetology, general office management, law enforcement, office automation technology, and vocational nursing. Continuing education classes and workshops are also offered.

If you choose to enroll at Coastal Bend College, you’ll find modern computerized facilities that are second to none. Classes are small in size, and you’ll