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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 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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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Graduation Info
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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 Brenda Sue on August 27, 2008 at 10:46pm: Hey, yea - when I left GL on a Monday, Derek supposedly was headed to San Antonio. Boy, was I excited - 5 hours from home!!

Wednesday after that he called and was headed for Virginia!!
He bacame an MA in April, in May went to Mississippi for more training and on August 1 - headed to Kuwait!!

Comment by Melissa Greenfield on August 6, 2008 at 1:29pm: Jane Roberts: My son is also in Bahrain but he's been there since Sept 07 he gets to come home sometime in Oct and is hoping to still be here for Nov. 15th opening day LOL. Then its off to Sigonella, Sicily for 2 years.

Comment by Melissa Greenfield on August 6, 2008 at 1:26pm: *wrong key* So I believe Tammy is correct that it is smaller but if your lucky enough to beable to attend I'm sure its just as much a tear jerker as PIR. Hope you go and hve fun!!!!!

Comment by Melissa Greenfield on August 6, 2008 at 1:22pm: Julie, sorry you got lost :( I dont know much about "A" school grad since we live so for away and couldnt attend. But my son said that most of the parents that did attend were closer or at least driving distance away. Now I dont know if he just told me that to make me feel better since I wanted to attend soooooo bad and couldnt or if its true.

Comment by Melissa Greenfield on August 4, 2008 at 6:16am: Joyce it is well worth the wait.... when those large doors open and the sailors start coming in you get teary eyed even if its not your child you see first. Those young men and woman in there uniforms is a real tear jerker and you proud of each one of them!!!!!!!! Enjoy !!!

Comment by Irene McClure on July 27, 2008 at 6:44pm: Hi everyone! My daughter Heatheris a MAA. She loves it.She is stationed in Guam. She has enjoyed everystep of the way.BC-ASchool in Tx.She came home for 2 weeks after ASchool.She is in Guam for 18 months. We have always taught our kids-the effort you put into something is what you will get out of it. Heather is like a sponge- she is soaking up all the info she can and using it to make a great experience.The important thing is that you encourage these kids. Show your support. I know as amom it can be tough. This week I just watch another kid I know leave for bc in the Nukes program.I have known him all his life.it was like watching mine leave again.I'm very proud of these kids and pray for them.Good Luck moms. and lets keep in touch.

Comment by Melissa Greenfield on July 27, 2008 at 6:57am: Sheila
From what I understand a sailor can be sent off any base for an IA tour.(Individual Augmentee) This means Sailors may detach from their current command and be assigned to the Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center or they may remain a part of their current command and return to it when they complete their IA tour.