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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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MAA Moms

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

Members: 630
Latest Activity: Oct 4, 2023

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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 Mollie...Kelcies Mom on July 15, 2010 at 8:14pm: Kmorgan, my hubby and I could not make it to the MA graduation, but her uncle who lives in New Mexico was able to go. I think we did the right thing in going to the PIR in Great Lakes. Both my brother in law, and Kelcie said that the "A" school graduation is VERY low key, especially compared to PIR.

Comment by Brenda Sue on July 15, 2010 at 6:19pm: I live five hours from San Antonio. I am a teacher, so I am off for the summer. If anyone would let me know ahead of time, I would go to any of the graduations and take pictures!! You just have to get me on base.

Comment by lemonelephant on July 14, 2010 at 2:34pm: Tina, I don't know from personal experience; but from some things I read on here at other times. You could search for Cross Training or Cross Rating. Anyway, it would all depend on the needs of the Navy whether your sailor would be allowed to do it. She would have to be wanting to go to a higher rating and that rating would have to be understaffed. She'd also have to have the ASVAB scores for the other rate and whatever other requirements they have. This is all from memory, which is sometimes faulty.

Comment by joshswife(Ship11Div212)PIR06/11 on July 13, 2010 at 4:28pm: Cathy~ I'm in the DFW area also and my husband is currently in SA attending MA school. He started yesterday and seems to like it so far. He's been there 3 weeks and just now starting school, he was cleaning and watching vaccums for a while. he didn't mind one bit...lol!

Comment by joshswife(Ship11Div212)PIR06/11 on July 13, 2010 at 4:24pm: NancyMAAmom~ My husband started school yesterday, do you know if your daughter did also?

Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on July 13, 2010 at 12:43am: Tina, there are a ton of "specialties" that MA's can get into that require additional training, or "C" schools. Is this what you mean? Or do you mean cross trained in a totally different "rate" (that's navyspeak for job)?

Comment by janieflorida on July 12, 2010 at 7:35am: I don't know what cross training is either!!

Comment by Brenda Sue on July 11, 2010 at 11:11pm: Tina, what do you mean - cross trained? Mine has had LOTS of additional training after getting his MA badge.

Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on July 8, 2010 at 9:33pm: Kimmydee, it's been 3 years ago now, but when my daughter graduated from basic (also in a 900 division) they all had the weekend to spend with family before leaving for "A" school. Unfortunately, my daughter had gotten an infection that sent her STRAIGHT from PIR over to the VA hospital next door, where she spent the next 4 days. She didn't get to have any fun that weekend, but I was able to extend my stay, and be with her until she got discharged from the hospital. Then she had to wait a couple of weeks before going to San Antonio, but her PIR class was delay in starting MA school, so she was with her same group from basic.

Comment by Proud Mom of a Sailor on July 8, 2010 at 8:14pm: Kimmydee59~ my son was not a grad & go an he was in the performing division as well. He was able to spend all weekend with him, but your daughter will know for sure. So ask her as she will have the information.