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Navy For Moms

This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!

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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Navy Speak

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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MAA Moms

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A group for moms of "Master At Arms" sailors.

Members: 630
Latest Activity: Oct 4, 2023

Hello
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".

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Comment by chriscwick on September 12, 2010 at 8:26pm: Best wishes and many more to come! I'm humming the Anniversary Waltz in your honor.

Comment by joshswife(Ship11Div212)PIR06/11 on September 12, 2010 at 8:17pm: My sailor and I are celebrating our two year wedding aniversary tomorrow!

Comment by Brenda Sue on September 12, 2010 at 6:24pm: haha - Mollie, you didn't know about N4M's a little over three years ago because it has only been in existence since March of 2008 (a little over TWO years ago).

Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on September 12, 2010 at 11:11am: Tracye, welcome to the group. Have you connected with your daughters PIR group from bootcamp yet? If not, I highly recommend it. I didn't now about N4M over three years ago, when my daughter went in. Wish I had, it would have made boot camp a LOT easier for me. My daughter loved A school in San Antonio, hopefully your daughter will also. It's a very exciting experience for them. I'll give you a "heads up" early. When you go to her PIR, take her a small travel size bottle of baby shampoo. She will think you are nuts, but tell her NOT to use it on her hair, but hang on to it to use after "OC". Ten weeks later, you will be her hero!!

Comment by chriscwick on September 12, 2010 at 8:48am: Morning everyone! Welcome Tracye! I've so enjoyed, & learned so much from these ladies. They are a wealth of info & support. My MASA Chris graduated San Antone this past June. He's even serving with some classmates in Bahrain. His FB page is peppered with new friends from "BC & AS". Makes this relatively new Navy Mom very happy. Your sailor will make lasting friendships & learn even more about herself at "A School". I'm sure you've already seen some changes! When our sailor emailed an OC Spray YouTube spot & said "look what I just did. .", all I wanted to do was kick somebody's.... Get ready for the fun & adventure. Again, welcome!

Comment by janieflorida on September 12, 2010 at 7:26am: Welcome aboard, this is a fairly active group and a great support team. She will have a lot more freedom in A school. Study study study is the word for A school.
Good Luck

Comment by Tracye** Diva Rambo** on September 11, 2010 at 10:21pm: Hello all....I am getting a jump start on this group....I feel like I missed alot by waiting till my daughter left for bootcamp 3 weeks ago....she will be going to San Antonio for her A school sometime after 10-15 ...just thought I'd jump in see what happens here and what a mom is to expect.!

Comment by chriscwick on September 5, 2010 at 8:51pm: Hi Ladies! MA Chris (Bahrain) had to wait a couple weeks before his MA classes got started in San Antonio,so nothing out of the ordinary with the wait. After MA school he got "voluntold" to sail the sand in Bahrain, starting just days prior to 2010 Father's Day. We hate missing him, but he's loving his job. : )

Comment by lemonelephant on September 5, 2010 at 6:08pm: Juniboop, "Class up" means that enough sailors have arrived to form a class. Sometimes a Sailor is in "holding" for a week or two waiting to "class up". When they "Phase up", they get more privileges. Even while waiting to "class up" Sailors are doing things that will allow them to "Phase up" so sometimes Sailors in the same class do not Phase up at the same time.

Comment by Juniboop on September 5, 2010 at 5:33pm: @Cathy-J

Since he hasn't been in San Antonio all that long, they have to "class up" whatever that means LOL. Each "class" comes with more privileges. My daughter was there for a few weeks before she could do some things. She's been there since August 17th and she got to go off base this weekend.