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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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- Graduation Info
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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
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 janieflorida on August 19, 2010 at 7:21am
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Deborah what kind of new training is your sailor doing?
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Comment by lemonelephant on August 17, 2010 at 8:08pm
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Kimmydee, yes, you can send things UPS, but DON'T. Use the flat rate boxes from the USPS if you can.
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Comment by Juniboop on August 17, 2010 at 7:28pm
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Hey Kimmydee! I'm following you! LOL. -----Anyway, I think I've been a member of this group for a while, but forgot! My daughter just got there today, and I'm excited for this phase of her Navy experience. Any and all advice and words of wisdom will be appreciated !
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Comment by jane on August 16, 2010 at 3:48pm
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Thanks, Pepecola, I will check out San Antonio MA group. Congratulations on your son's progess through A-School. Good luck to him in San Diego. I think that's a great place, but have only been there twice. If my son gets stationed there, I will probably use all my frequent flier miles!. Thanks again.
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Comment by PEPECOLA on August 15, 2010 at 12:41pm
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Hi Jane-
Be sure to connect to the San Antonio MA group, lots of great info and awesome people! My son is there and this week he got his first order out of San Diego. He graduates Sept 3rd. You will get to hear from him often! Good luck and welcome to the group.
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Hello ladies, I am new to this group, but not new to N4Ms. My son will be beginning his MA school in TX soon. I have been scrolling through some of the comments and have already learned about OC spray and baby shampoo. I will be sure to pass the info on to him. Thanks so much and looking forward to getting to know you.
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The graduation isn't as showy, but very meaningful. Those sailors are put through their paces. Congratulaitons to the new MAs
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Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on August 11, 2010 at 10:14pm
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Sara, the MAA graduation is VERY "small beans" compared to PIR ceremonies. We weren't able to go to that one, but her Uncle lived about 8 hours away from SA, and he went to be there for her. It was VERY nice of him to cover that base for us. If I could have, I would have been at that one also :(
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Sara, it is not likely now that the location for A-School will change if he was told Lackland. A couple of years ago, yes. MAs went to one of 3 places then; now it's pretty much Lackland.
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Becky.....think you've got the right idea. Mine was not grad n go when she had her PIR. I guess it just depends on how the classes are scheduled to start in SA. When Kelcie graduated, they actually "held" the PIR class before hers for 2 weeks and hers for a week before they all started classes together. They were held in SA, but everybody that went to the PIR got the weekend with their sailor.
Brenda Sue......DANG!!!! Top 10 with Betty Crocker, thats awesome.
And EVERYBODY....be sure to vote for Molly's Adopt a Sailor group in the Pepsi contest. You can vote everyday throughout the month via text or on the pepsi website. Check it out if you aren't familiar with it!!
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