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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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

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 lemonelephant on March 23, 2012 at 8:16pm: Vamom, you will also want to join, San Antonio MA's (clickable link), and check out the discussions there. Welcome to this journey.

Comment by Momship on March 23, 2012 at 8:07pm: Thanks so much, taking it step by step. I have another son in the AF been in a little over a year, the Navy is so different. Hugs to all & God Bless America. Still finding this site a little confusing, just don't want to miss anything.

Comment by Schafam Master at Arms Mom on March 23, 2012 at 7:46pm: Hi Vamom

Welcome, my son finished boot camp last August, made his way to San Antonio, then to Gulf Port and now is based in San Diego, in a group called MSRON 3 a mobile security unit deploying in June. If you have questions ask, there is a lot of knowledge on this site.

Comment by Marvelmom on March 23, 2012 at 7:25pm: Hi Vamom! My step son finished boot camp in October as chriscwick mentioned it is hard but you will make it. My son then went to SA and now is stationed in Bangor Washington in the PRP program. Welcome to this great and supportive group.

Comment by chriscwick on March 23, 2012 at 7:02pm: Vamom - BOOTCAMP! Wheeeeeeeee! You'll get through this, we promise! This is where you can vent, gush & brag! Welcome in!

My MA3 is into his 3rd year in the service, is stationed in Bahrain 4 months shy of 2 years there & is temporarily in SA,TX at MWD (K9) handler school.

Comment by Momship on March 23, 2012 at 9:05am: Hello, My step-son just left this week for great lakes, MA mom here. Hi : )

Comment by chriscwick on March 3, 2012 at 1:15pm: Wonder if the type of MA training is different between VA & TX?

I was in TX many (many) years ago as a kid and loved it. My Mom & Dad met & married there in San Antonio during WWI when my Dad was at the, then, Kelly Field. Dad, particularly, thought it was cool that his only grandson trained there also! Mom was a civilian working on base doing insurance/beneficiary indoc. Chris wants to get him on base to look the joint over to see how it's evolved. A full circle sort of thing. Exciting.

Comment by Brenda Sue on March 3, 2012 at 1:04pm: EVERYONE enjoys TEXAS!!!!

Funny thing - my son is the ONLY MA I know that went to A school in Virginia - and we live in Texas! At PIR, he was supposed to leave the following Wednesday for San Antonio - but they told him last minute he was going to Virginia Beach! Not sure why!

Comment by chriscwick on March 3, 2012 at 12:48pm: He did enjoy TX. He graduated MA school, at Lackland, in early June of 2010. He'd like us & his 90 year old grandfather at his MWD Handler school graduation!

Comment by Brenda Sue on March 3, 2012 at 12:30pm: He'll LOVE Texas! We are in the 80's today and my azaleas are already blooming!

Summer time is rough - over 100 - but oh well. Businesses run their air conditioners on freezing - so you go from hot to cold to hot to cold when you are out!