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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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MAA Moms
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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
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Comment by Laurie on January 20, 2013 at 4:30pm
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Anyone's MA in Bahrain? My son has been there for about a month. He says that he has not been attached to a section yet. Any knowledge of what MA's do in Bahrain?
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Comment by Jessica1028(Ship 11 DIV 58) on January 16, 2013 at 2:01pm
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I think the hardest part for me right now (other than the fact that were back to not seeing each other) is that I have no idea what the future holds! I just want to know if I should keep my hopes up for him being stationed somewhere that is accomopanied! I keep saying idc where we go as long as we can go together! If I could just know we get to go somewhere tgthr, I might actually be able to breath again! ha
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Thanks lemonelephant and snowmanmom! Snowmanmom I'm glad to hear you are getting letters! I stalked the mail man every Thursday for letters while my Hubby was in BC. He was always so good at writing me! I would get 3/4 letters in one envelope! Those letters are like gold to them! I wrote my husband everyday.. He told me thats what got him through it!
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Comment by snowmanmom on January 14, 2013 at 11:20pm
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Jessica1028 I am thankful you are on here also. I stated to someone or on another site that I really feel part of the Navy family, I will look for your posts to help me and also to know about my son, I have to admitt he has wrote me letters more than i thought. We had so much trouble with him writing "son of little words". My letters are pretty good, even his friends are pleased with his letters. I was just so pleased to know they can talk to us Yeah!!!
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Comment by lemonelephant on January 14, 2013 at 11:08pm
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Jessica1028, I'm glad you made it here as well. Check things out in both groups (San Antonio MA's and here) and ask anything you need to ask.
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Hello all! I am not a Navy mom but my Husband just got to Texas for his MA training! He is on hold this week and starts training next week! I'm not to sure what to expect, so I will have lots of questions!
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navym29, I'm glad you made it here. Be sure to check out the top 3-4 Discussions in San Antonio MA's and that will give you an idea of what to expect.
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Comment by navym29 on January 13, 2013 at 10:11pm
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Hello to all my daughter will going to MA school after boot! Not sure what to expect!!
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We went to my sons graduation in November. Very few parents went so the staff addressed everyone personally and encouraged pictures. If you can get there a little early, go to there barracks and follow them as they march to the ceremony hall. Our son was release on his leave after the ceremony. The airport is on the same side if San Antibio as the base but it may be worth it to rent a car.
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Comment by chriscwick on January 11, 2013 at 11:01pm
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Heather, check out the San Antonio MA Moms. Lots of great info there.
We went to see our MA2 graduate as a MWD Handler last May. We stayed at the Best Western about a mile from the front gate. Nice place, reasonable, close. Wonderful visit since he went straight back to Bahrain the day after graduation.
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