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 Melissa Greenfield on June 22, 2008 at 8:27am
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I dont know if the marina duties/shifts are the same but.... Shifts are 12 hours long, work 4 days off two work 3 days of two. something like that. but many time James has been called out of bed on his days off for duty on and off base. But he's part of the special operation forces like when Bush was there James was taken off reg duty and put on him where Bush was James was. Not next to him. Anyway they carry a **** and *** there are differant post some they stand in one place others they walk the base. If they are in what I call the nest/ tower or net they stay there and there is a large gun **** at the station. I may be saying to much I will block out the weapon types with ****'s.. They carry pagers 24/7. on duty they also have a radio of course. Keep in mind that there are many diff. MA duties, marina,K9, armory,base and more...
Sheila yes I will be glad to get my arms around him.. Its been almost a year. Not sure if he will be here in Sept or Oct He's still waiting on his official orders!!!!!
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Sheila I had planned on selling my leg had a buyer all set up so I could go to Bahrain but they backed out LOL. No families are not allowed to live in Bahrain they removed all non military and Non essental Embesy persons after 9/11 and have not let them come back yet. With all the countries laws, rules and traditions. I thought wise not to... besides if I looked at someone wrong or wore the wrong face cover and end up in jail. Than I would have to count on James and his friends to bring my meals :) See in Bahrain the families of the jailed have to provide there meals or hope someone would share. Yes he should, you know the Navy should get liberty for as many as 30 days before going to Sicily:)
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James' time in Bahrain ends in the fall (Oct) His next duty station is Sigonella,Sicily. Time to get a passport and sell an arm & leg for the a flight to go visit him :)
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Hi Lynn thats so wonderful you are going to "A" school graduation.We were unable to go but living in lower west Michigan we did go to PIR. that was a year ago!!!!
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I still call mine "kids" and my oldest will be 24 in Aug. and she is a teacher :)
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Sherry thats wonderful. I bet your glad he will be in the states!!!!!!!!!
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That gives you something to look forward to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Welcome Mary Ellen I'm glad you found us!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sherry thats great. Is that what he was hoping for also?
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Sheila how is Jared now? Reassuring him is keeping him positive helps. Please let us know!!!!!!
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