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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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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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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 chriscwick on September 7, 2011 at 4:27pm: MA Chris is now MA3 Chris! Yea!

Comment by sleepgirl on September 6, 2011 at 10:22pm: Just joined, my sailor just graduated and is starting A school. So proud and excited about his journey!! Any advise ladies???

Comment by Rosalinda(MAA MAMA) on July 27, 2011 at 9:03am: Hello, Ladies hope everyone is doing great and our Sailors are doing great too...and as for some of the Chief stories some of them are a lil hard with our Sailors my son has told me, even though i have a tough cookie it still sometimes gets to him......and then just say's i am okay mom love you....

Comment by carmen (maa mom) on July 23, 2011 at 6:55pm: Hi Rosalinda, my son Ben is on his second week there and he just wants to get going on his job. Tired of all the training....Told him to just enjoy the slow time because then he will be too busy and he would want the slow time. @SusanN and Sheila, my brother is a SR Chief MA in San Diego and was at Coronado prior. He puts in alot of hours but he does like his job. He does try to be a fair SR Chief because some of them out there can be quite a bit hard on the sailors. But he is there for them if they need it. Hope your sailors are all doing well. Take care you all and have a great weekend :)

Comment by Rosalinda(MAA MAMA) on July 22, 2011 at 4:24pm: Hello, wishing everyone a great weekend.....

Comment by SailorMomCarla - Ship12Div410 on July 22, 2011 at 12:24am: My son will be arriving in San Diego August 12. He will finish A school next Friday. He's a newbie!!

Comment by Rosalinda(MAA MAMA) on July 19, 2011 at 1:45pm: @ Carmen my son has been there since May...

Comment by carmen (maa mom) on July 14, 2011 at 8:10pm: Hi Rosalinda, my sailor just arrived to Silverdale, WA last night. He was able to call us today and let us know he was there. When did yours arrive??