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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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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
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 mardee5 on April 17, 2010 at 3:07pm: Hey everyone, new here. My son graduated bootcamp on April 9, 2009 and arrived in San Antonio on 04/14. He starts his first week Monday. I hope to have time and go through and read all the information provided here. Thanks to all of you that share that information.

Comment by Amanduh on April 17, 2010 at 1:53am: i went to the outlet mall website and it looks amazing!!!!

Comment by Amanduh on April 17, 2010 at 1:52am: susan- we are moving from temecula ca.....it's near san diego (kinda), i think it's about a 7 1/2 hour drive to vacaville. i don't do well with car rides...i can't sit still for long! and we are bringing a dog so it should be fun!! lol

Comment by Maggie McD on April 16, 2010 at 11:09pm: Tuesday!!!! I work pretty much everyone of those days!! Do you have facebook?

Comment by Grasshopper on April 16, 2010 at 7:00am: For those that just got orders for Norfolk...I think you will like love it except for the traffic. My son chose Norfolk and has been there since April 3rd. He's not married so he's living on base and his living quarters are GREAT!! He has a room to himself. He shares a common area which has a bathroom complete with two linen cabinets, a kitchen area with full size fridge, ceramic 2 eye stove top, bar counter with three bar stools AND WASHER AND DRYER in their room. Norfolk base is huge and there are several other bases within 15 miles. Beach is close by also. My son loves it but there but it helps that he's only 3 hours from his family and friends. Good luck to you all that have loved ones graduating!!

Comment by Amanduh on April 15, 2010 at 10:49pm: i want chedder fries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )

thanks janie and susan!! i am soo excited to finally get up there! i hear very good things about the area! cant wait to check out that outlet mall too!

Comment by Maggie McD on April 15, 2010 at 9:15pm: Mel: Definitely! Let me know when you are free, we can meet up at the Starbucks/Jamba Juice Fireplace common area right next to the Islands at Eastlake, or at Islands, lol, because I work for Islands.

Comment by janieflorida on April 15, 2010 at 7:46am: Hi Eric's wife, Steve said he doesn't know much about different neighborhoods, but Vacaville is a very nice area. Very pretty. Good Luck

Comment by Amanduh on April 14, 2010 at 8:08pm: saw this in a magazine, thought i'd pass it on:

This year canvas on demand, a company that turns your photos into canvas portraits is offering a 16x20 picture to any mom of a deployed service member. Your sailor just needs to go to www.canvasondemand.com and register under "operation mom".

Comment by Maggie McD on April 14, 2010 at 11:01am: @Mel: Yeah we have the "verbal" ones, so just waiting on the paper orders, but Im pretty sure going on what my husband said, that the orders probably won't changes, so Norfolk here we come!!!