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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
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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
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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
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Comment by daisy72 on August 6, 2013 at 4:23pm
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Amazonannie if you go to the bottom of that discussion and click on the last page it will bring up 2013 stuff but nothing has been added since about April. Hate the pages on here that don't have the current info first. But yes I will diffinitely share what we experience. Thanks Lemonelephant for the link.
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Comment by Laurie on August 6, 2013 at 4:59am
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My son graduated A school in November. A couple of things to know. Get there a little early and park by the residence area. We were able to follow the class as they marched and sang cadence to the graduation hall. Afterwards, they were able to leave once they cleaned and checked out of their rooms. Have your sailor pack the night before and consider bringing an extra bag to pack the stuff they have gained since boot camp. Also, the office that puts together their orders for their first duty station is near the living quarters. We were able to stop in and ask questions. My son had leave immediately after A school before having to report to Bahrain. His domestic flight was scheduled to depart from San Antonio to Norfolk. They give you a travel agency number to change flights. We had to pay the difference in cost for the change (about $150). It would have cost that much to get him back to San Antonio. I don't know if it was possible to avoid this but you may what your sailor to ask at the time they are told their orders.
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Comment by lemonelephant on August 5, 2013 at 11:59pm
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daisy72, The discussion, Graduation Info for Lackland AFB - Navy MA graduation; Places to s..., may have some info for you.
Others who have been lately should also post info there to help others and to keep the info current.
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Comment by Sandra (MA Mom) on August 5, 2013 at 4:19pm
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We stayed at a hotel close to Sea World. Was very close to the freeway and only took about 10 mins to get to the base and for the life of me I can't remember the name. It took us about 15mins to get to the Alamo and other attractions. I Pricelined the hotel and got it for $45.00 a night....great deal.
Tip....get your base pass the day before graduation if you can. You need to show your ID (everyone who will be going on base will) and it can be busy at times.
Enjoy graduation. It's much more relaxed than PIR and the officers encourage the parents to get up and take pictures. They'll pause to pose for pictures....it was great.
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My son is set to graduate from A school on 9/6 checking to see where the best places are to stay in San Antonio. Anyone that has went recently I would appreciate the feedback
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Comment by Bird MomShip13Div363 on August 4, 2013 at 11:33am
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Sorry to hear of the loss of the MA2. Sending prayers to his family....God bless u.
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Good Morning!!!
Thank you lemonelephant. It helps to know it gets subtracted form either one.
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Bird Mom1, it's a little confusing, but this is my understanding of how it works. Your SR's time as active duty began when he was sworn in at MEPS the second time on the way to the RTC and that is when his Time in Service (TIS) and Time in Rate (or Grade) are counted from and when his pay is counted from. Enlistments include 4 years of active duty followed by a time as Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR) for 4 years (6 and 2 for some ratings) when the Navy could recall him to active duty if the need arose. The time in DEP is subtracted from the IRR time that your Sailor will have to serve because he technically could have been called up to serve early at any time during his time in DEP; for reservists, the time is DEP is subtracted from the total reserve contract time if I understand it correctly (someone in Navy Reserve Moms would be better able to answer about those with a reserves contract though and reservists have some sort of point system that I don't know anything else about). So time in DEP counts--sort of. There was a time that time in DEP counted toward pay at retirement, but that has been removed and now only time that is actually served as Active Duty ever counts toward pay.
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Bird MoM1,
Our son signed up for DEP last August and did not leave for Boot Camp until April 1st. I have read his enlistment papers over several times and it does indicate that his time in DEP will count toward his enlistment. After all, he was technically in the Navy as of his DEP date. However, it is not clear whether or not it will count for pay purposes as in time in grade. Perhaps someone else on this site can shed more light on that.
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Good Morning!
I have a question for anyone that would know. I was looking over my son's papers he signed this past March for DEP. Once he signed them, he went to PT quite often when he had to. He left July 24th, shipped out July 25th. I was reading over his initial enlistment papers. It said that anytime served in DEP would go towards his fulfillment of his military service obligation. Is this actually true? I have been told yes by some and no by some. Not sure which one it is LOL.
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