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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- 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 Tabitha on February 4, 2010 at 12:34pm
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Monica: my hubby told me that your boy and his roommate picked GA, but I was kinda hoping they would end up with us to WA! LOL I really wanted to meet them!
But that's great they'll be much closer to home! Congrats that they got the orders they wanted! We got what we wanted also =)
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Comment by janieflorida on January 31, 2010 at 8:53am
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What is MWD?
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It says last update was 3 hours ago but it's not here??!!
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Has anyone received orders yet? My hubby's class should be finding out in the next week or so...keeping my fingers crossed for next week! =)
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Don't worry. At A school you can talk with your sailor on a regular basis, and he will after a couple of weeks get liberty. It is much different from boot camp. Again study, that is the key. It is physical but more cerebral than physical. Good Luck and God bless. Janie Florida Keys
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Comment by chaly on January 17, 2010 at 10:18am
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I agree with Janie... Have your hubby study like crazy! The more he does well on, the better! It will give him a better opportunity to pick a duty station. Take care of yourself so your hubby doesn't have the "homefront" to worry about. Often times, stresses from home translate into poor performance on exams and other things they are dealing with. The more "up-beat" you can be, the better. Take care and God Bless you and your hubby! I will keep you in my prayers. Chaly
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Have him study, study and more study. Their class rank gives them a better chance of picking their duty station. Join SA moms. It will give you a week by week description of what to expect. Good Luck
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Hello All! I am grateful for my Sailor, Justin every day! He graduated MAA school here in SA last June (09). Because I live here, I was able to watch his graduation. I was so very proud when he was named the Class Leader for his class. His name was put on the wall and everything! He began his Navy career on Sept. 19, 2001. He has been in Italy, Guantanamo Bay, and then here on the east coast before he was sent to his latest "home" on the USS Carl Vinson. He changed his rate to MA after leaving Italy. Of course, the Vinson is in Haiti right now ~ helping with the effort after their big earthquake. I am a little anxious, knowing he is a MA2 and what all his job entails... I wonder what he will be doing there in Haiti and am also concerned that if he is boots on ground, will he be exposed to some dreadful illness due to the deaths and diseases that are running rampant right now. I know that our navy will do all it can to protect my sailor ~ OUR sailors ~ but still... He became recently engaged to a wonderful girl and I am so very proud of him. Does anyone here have anyone aboard the Vinson right now? Any news you can give me? Anyone know what to expect? I look forward to any emails that I get from Justin (via his fiancee). LOL Anyway, my prayers are with all of our sailors. God Bless. Chaly
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Hi Donna. I believe that there is a K9 handlers group. did you search under groups??
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Happy sailing Shelly and good luck to Dylan. We are having a heat wave here in the Florida Keys. It is up to 50.hah hah
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