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:
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
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- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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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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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
Comment Wall
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Comment by Proud Mom of a Sailor on July 30, 2010 at 10:14am
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can anyone tell me why a Navy MA would be stationed at a AFB???
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Comment by joshswife(Ship11Div212)PIR06/11 on July 29, 2010 at 10:23pm
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Have any of you ladies checked out bandsforarms.com? It's a site that takes old donated service uniforms and turns them into braclets. 70% of their funds go directly to the USO. The USO helps to keep our Sailors in communication with us while away from home at no cost to them or us. Please take a look at their site and order your bracelet today. I have ordered 3 and have 3 more on the way. They have several made from Navy uniforms (and other branches). bandsforarms.com
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Comment by janieflorida on July 29, 2010 at 7:51am
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Brenda Sue I hope he is okay. That looks terrible.
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Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on July 28, 2010 at 8:40pm
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OUCH !!!! I know it's the worst part of "A" school. That picture is a killer joshswife :>(
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Good Lord what a picture!!!
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jdmom65~ They can buy small tubes of baby shampoo at the mini mall for $2.00. They will be able to use the baby shampoo after about 10 minutes. I was also told any type of milk products help. I told my husband and he got a small thing of milk for his mini fridge. The milk will be able to be used once they get back to their room and they will want it then. The burn will continue for hours after the actual spray. My husband said that the milk helped with the lingering burn. They can buy anything they will need at the mini mall near their barracks. After the first few hours it feels like a really bad sun burn and that's what it looks like too. Also something most guys do not know is that they can take pictures of it. I;m making a scrapbook for my husband and I wanted to be sure to add pictures. As long as they have a disposable they cab have their battle bussy take the pictures. Battle buddy... they person who encourages them and helps them along the course. He's a pictures my husband got after.
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Comment by jdmom65(ship13 div 245) on July 28, 2010 at 12:35pm
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Thanks Molly, I will try to let him know.
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Comment by Brenda Sue on July 28, 2010 at 8:06am
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Also, a group of Cub Scouts collected 25 boxes of stuff and they contacted Molly and asked for shipping money. How can she turn them down?
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BrendaSue.....how fun for you :>) I LOVE Molly's Adopt A Sailor. It's such an awesome group. I vote everyday via facebook and just started the text voting.
EVERYONE...she's trying to obtain a "grant" to help pay for shipping costs. The group that is slated to get packages in August is almost 200, so shipping costs alone are almost $2500.00. We can use all the votes we can get!!
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Please print out this document and pass it around. We are trying to win money for shipping costs to send packages to our deployed troops!
Send a text to 73774.doc
(Thanks - not really just an expert - just am good friends with Google.)
PS - I'm headed out Thursday to see my Sailor!!! yea!!!!
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