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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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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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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 Nancy Cooper's Mom on March 3, 2012 at 12:11pm
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Wow! That all happened so quick Cris?!? I have been up in Utah taking care of my daughter and her baby- she had surgery. So I have not been on. So excited for you! Did it just come up that fast? Or did I miss some Pre-plan? Have fun when you see him!
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Comment by chriscwick on March 3, 2012 at 12:04pm
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Last word was that his flight got hung up in Detroit because of the awful storms yesterday. No recent status. : (
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Brenda - U R such a sweetie! Am so lucky in my N4Ms!!
Night everyone, sweet dreams.
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Comment by Brenda Sue on March 3, 2012 at 12:15am
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Chriswick!! That is GREAT!!! I live only about 4 or 5 hours from San Antonio! Come see me and I'll take you to see him!!!
(Spring break is coming up - I need a vacation)!!
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BTW: Chris got MWD school. Got a text at 01:00 that he was laid over in Amsterdam headed to TX!!!!!
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One good thing about Bahrain - it is considered a "combat zone". Their income is TAX FREE while there! Almost half my son's income last year was tax free!!
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This is the place you should be "trioquem"! We have a good cross section of Moms here, you should be able to hear from a Mobile Security Mom. When will your son be arriving on base?
My Chris is also MA3, but assigned to Kennel Support. Mine lived on base for his first year.5, but now is in a flat OB. He's getting ready to finish his 2nd year there this summer around Father's Day. We're waiting to hear if he'll get a shot at becoming a MWD Handler & go to school in TX. If so, he'll stay on in Bahrain another year minimum.
Do you know how long your son's tour will be? Hopefully, he'll come on base while it's cooler so his acclaimation will be easier. The heat and sand is awful, but it is usually a good assignment. Many stay on or re-up after other deployments.
Donna(Steve's Mom) - the backpack on FB was a hoot! Steve is certainly a secure man to pull that look off!!!!
How did everyone fare in those awful storms last night? The Blue Ridge Mtns. saved us again from the brunt of that mess, thank goodness. Hope all are safe and sound. Looks like this spring could be a bit more interesting than we'd like.
I'll have my last day in my long term sub job in ESL tomorrow. I'm going to miss the bunch I taught and tested. They are a hoot and a half. We were a regular United Nations of speakers. My recent addition of a Chinese cutie, Maggie, is coming along nicely. After dead silence for weeks she now jumps into conversations with a lot less fear. Her fellow ESL kindergarters are her biggest cheerleaders and instigators! It's a scream watching & listening to them try to get her to talk with them in English. She tried to speak Mandarin, but the little boy she wanted to talk to wouldn't speak anything but English. They got the giggles when she got put out with him. He just smiled, made faces and spoke in English. We were worried about her not speaking, but now we may have to worry about her speaking too much!!!! I can deal with those kind of worries!
Happy Friday ladies!
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It happens. Probably one of the reasons my Chris hates down time.
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Comment by Mary...Brittsmom on February 29, 2012 at 5:48pm
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Hello Ladies;
My daughter has been in Bahrain a little over a month now. Last week was rough, home sickness finally hit. She is over that hump now and working hard. Hope you all are well and that your MA's are loving where they are.
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MWD = Military Working Dog
My son, Chris, is MA3 assigned for the last year & a half as MA Kennel Support in Bahrain. He got bored on base went hunting something to do, found the kennel, they put him to work & he loved it! Got assigned & hopes to get an OK for Handler school after he leaves Bahrain!
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