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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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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 Mollie...Kelcies Mom on June 27, 2010 at 2:43am
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Hi all, PO3 is indeed Petty Officer 3rd class, and an E4 level. I know for sure that NO ONE from Kelcie's class went to Afghanistan or Iraq straight from A school. Quite a few did go to Bahrain at that time, but it actually takes a LOT of work on the MA sailor's part to get to Iraq or Afghanistan. Kimmydee, I have to concur that I don't think you have much to worry about as far as that goes at this point in your sons tour. And I couldn't agree more, this website is an absolute GOD SEND for us moms!!!
Carolinagirl, I'm almost positive that all MA's get to take some leave time after A school, so your son should get to have a visit with his family as soon as he is done with that. My heart goes out to you and him, it's hard enough when the sailor is single, but when they have a familiy of their own also, it's got to be doubly hard on EVERYONE :>) Hang in there.
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Comment by Brenda Sue on June 26, 2010 at 10:09pm
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Individual Augmentee - a U.S. military program for augmenting units with personnel from other organizations or branches of service
PO3 - is Petty Officer Third Class - I think that is an E4. Then, they go PO2 which is an E4 - you'd think they would learn to count either one way or the other!
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Comment by Carolinagirl125 on June 26, 2010 at 10:05pm
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Brenda Sue - What is IA and PO3? Just hitting me now that my son may be away from his sons after A school. It's been 7 weeks of BC and then will be 7 weeks of A school before he can see them. Now worried about him being sent overseas for his first assignment.
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Kimmydee - my son has been an MA for over two years and he WANTS to go over there and "they" won't let them IA until they are PO3 or higher. Now, that he is - I am worried - but I wouldn't be for quite a while if I were you.
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When Kelcie graduated from Lackland, every other class was getting sent to Bahrain and every other class was being sent "here and there and everywhere". Her class was the latter. We lucked out, and she spent her 1st 2 years only about 10 hours from home. She is now on the USS George Washington out of Yokosuka Japan. She loves it! She said it feels a lot more like being in the "real" Navy than it did 4 her 1st 2 years at a very small base. But the small base was nice, in that she got recognized for her achievements very readily, cause it was a lot easier to stand out than it is on a huge carrier. So there are up sides and down sides to every station.
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My son is graduating from BC on 7/1. Then off to Lackland for MA A school. Are the chances pretty good that he will be deployed to the Middle East on a base there or be on a ship? Would love it if his first assignment was state side.
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Tina....unfortunately, I never even got to see the actual contract. Kelcie was stuck paying on it for 2 years, and she couldn't even use the aircard at her 1st base. I think she was so excited to get a laptop and be able to communicate after basic that she didn't think before she signed a 2 year contract. Also, I didn't know about N4M back then. Sure wish I had. It's been such a wonderful resource. Hopefully we can help new moms avoid some of the pitfalls we had to go through in order to learn. This site is THE BEST !!!
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Tina, sure wish we had known how to break the contract that Kelcie signed up for when she got her laptop in San Antonio. You are right though, they don't NEED it for school, but it was wonderful for her to have it none the less.
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Comment by Proud Mom of a Sailor on June 23, 2010 at 9:55am
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Tina~thanks for the information as I just joined the San Antonio MA group. I do have one question, do they get a laptop for there schooling???? Just wandering because my son is thinking about purchasing one.
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Hi - just a fast drop in here. Are you all aware that there is a group for San Antonio MA's? My son has been a MA for over two years - but he went to A school in Virginia (only one I've heard about). The San Antonio group tells you more what to expect in A school.
If you can't find it, just drop a note here and I'll point you in that direction.
Also, I live in Texas (about 5 hours from San Antonio) - but any questions - maybe I can help or lead you to someone who can.
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