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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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A group for moms of "Master At Arms" sailors.
Members: 630
Latest Activity: Oct 4, 2023
We look forward to hearing about your sailors journey. How he/she likes being an MAA (MA) and which kind of job they are doing and how you are doing knowing what your sailor does for a living.
NOTE: Please help keep our sailors safe. Don't give out exact locations.Example: If he/she is in Iraq you can say Iraq but I would not say the name of the camp or a town near the camp. If they are on a ship don't give the last known location. Although some of that is public we don't in anyway want to jeopardize them.
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MA Schools
Lackland AFB, TX -- 40 calendar days
Hampton Roads, VA -- 50 calendar days
Kings Ba, GA -- 50 calendar days
Ship and shore physical security requirements, crime prevention, military and civil law, antiterrorism procedures, physical fitness training, interpersonal communications, first aid, firearms and physical restraint. Group instruction, classroom and physical training in use of restraining devices.
MA's Practicing There Skills - Bahrain
OC Spray
Below is a look at what the MA sailors go though in "A" school at Lackland Air Force Base. USS Russell April 12, 2008 The ship's boarding team practices their close-quarters combat skills while the ship's Master-at-Arms offers "encouragement".
Discussion Forum
GITMO
Started by Julie. Last reply by IdahoMom Dec 8, 2018. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Graduation Dates
Started by MA mom of KY. Last reply by MainemomJulie May 30, 2017. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by chriscwick on September 26, 2010 at 7:07pm
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So happy he's safe!
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Comment by Linda-Mom to Brian on September 26, 2010 at 11:52am
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Hi Deborah, My son has just finished A school and has some addtional training down south and then heads to San Diego for mobile security. I have a feeling he will be following your son. Just curious how long the training at San Diego was?
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Best wishes for a safe journey and deployment. Thinking of you.
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Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on September 22, 2010 at 2:25am
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Welcome Bobbie, I'm kind of an old timer MA mom. Mine has been in for almost 3 1/2 years now. She loved San Antonio and "A" school. Is now stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington based out of Yokosuka Japan. San Antonio treats their military population right. LOTS of free or deeply discounted things for them to do there.
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Welcome aboard! "A" School is an interestig ride for the whole family. Your Chris will learn so much about his job and even more about himself. They earn phone calls like in bc. He'll be confined to base for a while, the rooms are nice. My Chris graduated this past June 4th. Weather should be nicer for your Chris!!!! Best wishes!
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Comment by Bobbie (Chris' mom)-MAA mom on September 21, 2010 at 5:47pm
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Hello to everyone! My son just graduated from boot camp and arrived at A-school today. Hope to meet other family members with new sailors at A-school and that have sailors that are already MA's so that I know what I am in for.
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Kimmydee....actually quite a few of the MA's wind up in Guam. If she can get into "Mobile Security" her chances for Guam are even higher. Hawaii......that's another story. VERY hard to get assigned there......gee, I wonder why??? But from everything I've heard, Guam is VERY beautiful and tropical. A lot like Hawaii. Best of luck to her. It seems like the kids actually wind up adjusting pretty well, no matter where they wind up, even if it's not a place they would ever choose. My daughters first assignment was NOWHERE she would have ever chosen, but she did okay with it, and made the most of it, and actually wound up having a great time while she was there.
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Alie.....I'm not exactly sure what rank they have to be in order to be part of the Canine unit, but my daughter went in also hoping for that. In fact, she had actually worked training a police dog as her Sr. Exit project for high school. Unfortunately, those slots are VERY limited most of the time, but you never know with the Navy, what is a jam packed "rate" one year can be wide open the next. Just tell her that she will have to really excel in boot camp and "A" school in order to be considered for the canine program. Once my daugher actually got in to the Navy, she kind of lost interest in the canine program, but has loved being an MA. Hopefully your daughter will also!! Lots of changes ahead for both of you, but in my experience......it's been wonderful for my daughter!!
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Comment by PEPECOLA on September 18, 2010 at 8:48pm
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Just spent two weeks with my sailor son and he just left yesterday to SD his first duty station. Wow, those two weeks with him were so amazing, he made his bed every day. He looks always did as he wrestled in high school. I miss him so much already but I am very excited about hearing his stories and visiting with him throughout the next two years.
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chriscwick.....isn't it funny to see our kids grow and change??? YEAH FOR YOU!!! It's so nice to hear from them, isn't it? Love "the ripple in the force" lol The MA's tend to be VERY good about motivating each other to stay in shape. My daughter also had one MA that was with her from basic, to A school, to her first duty station. It does make the moves easier on them I think :>)
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