Got orders at Edwards AFB or China Lake? Our Bakersfield military movers pack and move service member, civilian and contractor households across Kern County. Thanks for serving.
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Two large installations shape military moves in Kern County: Edwards AFB and NAWS China Lake. As Bakersfield military movers, we plan for the long desert drives to both and write that drive time into your quote. We help with PCS moves to a new duty station, PPM moves you arrange yourself and combination moves where the government ships part of the household, and we move to all 50 states.
military, civilian and contract staff work at Edwards AFB
You get the number of movers and the expected drive time in writing before any packing starts.
Orders to another state come with an assigned move coordinator who takes your calls until delivery.
Our quote and final invoice are itemized, so both are ready for the move file you keep.
The cost of a military move is different for every household. On many PCS moves the military reimburses the movers, and often packing, loading and storage too. Three things move the total most: the drive between the base area and the other address, the size of the household and how much packing you hand to us. A move from Ridgecrest to Bakersfield carries far more drive time than a move across town, and the quote shows it.
MALT pays for the miles when you or your family drive to the new station. Advance Basic Pay and Advance BAH can help with costs up front, and your Commanding Officer approves advances case by case. Our written quote and itemized invoice are ready for your move file.
This is how most military households move with our Bakersfield office, whether the orders come from Edwards, China Lake or a station in another state.
Send the report date on your orders, both addresses and the size of the household.
We list the movers and the expected drive time, so you can add the quote to your move file.
Our movers pad furniture, pack the rooms you choose and label every carton by room.
The truck takes the planned route over the pass or across the desert to the new address.
Furniture goes into the right rooms, and you get an itemized invoice to keep with your paperwork.
Not everyone moving for Edwards wears a uniform. The 412th Test Wing says its workforce on the 481-square-mile base is 80 percent civilian and 20 percent military, and the wing runs developmental testing for all U.S. Air Force aircraft and weapons systems. That means many households tied to the base move without a government-booked shipment. Civilian employees and contractors book us like any other local move, and transfers to another state get a written long distance estimate.
In a Personally Procured Move, or PPM, the move is yours to arrange, and you close it out through the Defense Personal Property System (DPS). For a PPM started on or after May 15, 2026, the Navy household goods office says you upload all of your paperwork straight into your DPS shipment and then submit the closeout there. Book our movers as part of a PPM and you get a written quote before the move and an itemized invoice after it, both ready to upload.
Useful resources: Military OneSource, MilitaryINSTALLATIONS, HOMES.mil for rentals near base and PCSmyPOV for shipping your vehicle.
Posted on Google by customers of our Gilmore Avenue office, including an active duty Navy family.
Louie and his crew packed up our whole house (17,500 lbs) in one day. It wasn’t just thrown together, it was a quality pack job. They returned the next day and had the truck loaded by 2. I’m active duty Navy and have been moving my family around the country for 21 years. This is the best yet!
I’ve used Mentors twice. They are very professional, beginning with the team that helped me set my move over the phone to the movers. They touch base right before your move to make sure no detail is missed. The movers move at a steady pace while ensuring your stuff doesn’t get damaged.
The guys were great! They showed up on time and got right to it. They were able to complete the job in less time than what had been estimated. They were professional, helpful and friendly. What more could you ask for? I will definitely use Mentor’s Moving again.
Jesse Lovan and Chris Shipp, both raised in Bakersfield, own and run Mentors Moving & Storage, and the Gilmore Avenue office is our headquarters. When your report date moves, you call the office that planned the job, and it reschedules packing and loading to match.
The same office quotes moves across the high desert, from the China Lake side of the county to the towns around Edwards.
Not every move on orders heads toward Edwards or China Lake. When a service member or civilian employee is bound for a home up the valley, we load in Bakersfield and drive north. You will find a page for each town below, and our Bakersfield moving services page covers the rest of the county.
We pack the whole house or only the rooms you pick, and each carton carries its room name.
Cartons and furniture are listed as they load, which helps when you build your move paperwork.
Bed frames, tables and desks are taken down to fit the truck, and their bolts go in a labeled bag.
Your household can wait in storage when the report date comes before the keys.
Orders out of California get a long distance estimate and delivery to the new duty station.
At the new address, furniture goes into the rooms you name and beds go back together.
Orders to a station in another state get a written estimate, an inventory signed at pickup and a truck that drives the household from Kern County straight to the new base area.
When your report date comes before your housing does, the household goes into storage, listed item by item, and comes back out on the day you choose.
Orders to another California duty station move as an in-state job, with the price and the schedule set in writing before loading day.
Our movers can pack the whole house or just the kitchen, books and breakables, so you can keep working at the base right up to the day the truck arrives.
Driving your own rental truck for a PPM? Book our movers by the hour to load it, pad the furniture and strap the load so it rides steady on desert highways.
The family piano rides on a padded piano board with its own straps, whether it is headed to base housing in the desert or across the country.
Mix any of these on one written quote. Our Gilmore Avenue office books each service on the same calendar as your orders, so packing, storage and delivery dates line up with your report date.
Yes. Civilian employees and contractors book us like any other household, with a written quote for a local move or a long distance estimate for a move to another state.
Yes. We load and unload in Ridgecrest and the other towns around China Lake, and the drive from Bakersfield is billed by the hour.
It depends on the drive to the base area, the size of the household and how much packing you need. Many PCS costs are reimbursed through allowances, and we give you a written quote first.
Yes. Our movers can handle the packing, loading and driving on a PPM. You get a written quote and an itemized invoice to upload, and your transportation office confirms the rest.
Yes. We move households into homes and rentals in Tehachapi, Rosamond, California City and the rest of the high desert, with drive time billed hourly.
Government rules keep some items off the truck, including candles, batteries, houseplants, cleaning supplies, propane tanks and gas cans, and alcohol on moves overseas.
Send the report date, the pickup address and where you are headed. Call (661) 325-6683 or use the form, and our Gilmore Avenue office sends back a written quote.
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3101 Gilmore Ave,
Bakersfield, CA 93308
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