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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

Events

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

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 Cheryl Proud to be Allen's Mom on April 24, 2010 at 4:35pm: Janie, yes it is beautiful here in Florida. Glad to hear that you will see Stephen in just 2 weeks. I was able to see Allen over Easter weekend. He is shipping out on May 4 for 1 year. Hopefully time will fly by. His first child is expected to be born on September 27, while he is overseas.

Maggie McD, that is great that your husband got his hard copy papers! I don't know anything about Kings Bay, GA, but hope all goes well for you there. Twenty days seems like a lot of time for notice when in the military...lol! My son, Allen was stationed in Virginia Beach, VA for 2 years. It wasn't his most favorite area. He was always going to Norfolk when there.

Comment by janieflorida on April 24, 2010 at 7:37am: Hi Donnita: We are doing well. The weather is beautiful with everything in bloom.
2 more weeks until we see Stephen. I am excited. Janie

Comment by Maggie McD on April 24, 2010 at 12:30am: Well, he doesn't graduate A School until May 14th, so I dont know if 20 days is a lot of time, and Im not sure if he is gonna be able to just leave right away after A School is done because he doesn't have his itinerary yet, but we will see!

Comment by Maggie McD on April 23, 2010 at 12:19pm: My husband just got our paper orders yesterday!! They told us verbally that we were going to Norfolk, but our orders are now for Kings Bay, Georgia and he must report to SWFLANT and the Marine Corp Security Force Battalion by June 3rd!!! After I did all this research on Norfolk and everything!!!

Comment by Cheryl Proud to be Allen's Mom on April 21, 2010 at 8:03pm: Hello everyone!! My son Allen has been an MAA for 2 1/2 years and is going to be shipping out to Diego Garica on May 4. I am very interesting in know if anyone can give me some information about D.G.? He has been stationing Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, VA for 2 years and just graduated dog handler training in San Antonio on April 1. Any info will be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Comment by janieflorida on April 21, 2010 at 7:35am: Karen you did it right. How are you Donnita? Haven't heard from you in awhile.?

Comment by Amanduh on April 21, 2010 at 12:57am: tina- my husband will be working security for planes and other aircraft.

Comment by janieflorida on April 20, 2010 at 8:33pm: Looks like a shepard mix to me

Comment by Amanduh on April 20, 2010 at 8:14pm: omg i am loving the pet pictures!!! lol. i am taking cynder ella to the groomers tomorrow to get all pretty before her daddy comes home. i bought her a dark blue dress with little white anchors on it too : ) she hasn't seen him since january and is probably going to have a heart attack when he comes home!

Comment by janieflorida on April 20, 2010 at 7:37am: Yeah it worked. My Scooby-do is a cairn mix from our local shelter. He is full of energy and loves to chase critters in the yard.