Your PCS planning hub for the Florida Gulf Coast.
This page is the starting point for a PCS move to the Pensacola area. It gathers the pieces of a relocation in one place: which installation you are reporting to, which housing areas make sense around it, how a VA loan fits your purchase, and who to talk to when the timeline gets short.
Pensacola sits on the western edge of the Florida panhandle in Escambia County, next to Santa Rosa County. Three installations shape the housing market here, and the one you report to is usually the first filter on where to look.
If you are researching Pensacola for a civilian move instead, the Pensacola relocation guide covers the area more generally.
The Peacock Group is led by Wayne Peacock, a United States Air Force veteran and the team's Team Leader. Having moved under orders himself, he built the team's relocation process around the parts of a PCS that are genuinely hard: making decisions from another time zone, compressing a search into a short window, and closing while the rest of the move is still in motion.
Wayne is licensed in Florida and Alabama, so a search that crosses the state line toward Orange Beach or Foley does not require a second agent.
Full background, qualifications and services for veterans are on the veteran real estate services page.
Drive times vary by traffic, bridge conditions and gate routing, so treat these as starting points and confirm your own route before committing.
The region's largest naval installation and home of the National Naval Aviation Museum. Families reporting here most often look at Perdido Key, Warrington, Gulf Breeze and Pensacola Beach.
NAS Pensacola area guide →Located in Milton, north-east of Pensacola. Pace and Milton keep the drive short, while north Pensacola gives access to more inventory at a slightly longer drive.
Milton & Pace area guide →A training command inside the city itself. East Hill, downtown Pensacola and Warrington are common choices for members who want to live close in.
East Hill area guide →Escambia County and Santa Rosa County each operate their own public school districts, and both include schools with large military enrollments. We do not rate or rank schools. Attendance zones can change between school years and are not always what a listing states, so verify the zone for any specific address directly with the county school district before you make a decision based on it.
Deeper detail on each stage of a Pensacola PCS. More guides are being added.
What the relocation process looks like from orders in hand to move-in day, and what families should expect at each stage.
Read the guide →Entitlement, appraisal requirements, competing with cash offers, and how VA offers are received locally in Escambia and Santa Rosa County.
Read the guide →Wayne Peacock's background, qualifications and approach to serving veterans and military families.
Read the guide →A step-by-step walkthrough of touring, inspecting and closing on a Pensacola home without a house-hunting trip.
How to think through the decision for a Pensacola tour length, including what to weigh before committing either way.
Preparing, listing and closing a Pensacola home on a military timeline, including from your next duty station.
Tell us your reporting installation and report date. We will map out a relocation plan around your timeline and respond personally.
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