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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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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 VintageGal on November 20, 2020 at 11:43pm
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C’smom - That’s great! It’s so nice to have communication again! I was thinking that it was probably just that; his records from before were being looked at again. Hopefully he’ll move on pretty soon. I hope you feel at peace during this time.
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Comment by C'sMom on November 20, 2020 at 11:33pm
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I have a lot to catch up on, so I haven't posted on the boot camp group yet. But I thought I'd tell you here-- our Sailor finally got his phone and belongings! We facetimed him this evening. He is now in THU and awaiting orders. He knows he could be there for quite a while. He's just glad to be able to communicate with people again. His medical hold was cleared and he never did find out what the issue was. He said it was probably late paperwork from the civilian world. It was so great to finally see him!
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Comment by kim's husband Troy on November 16, 2020 at 5:23pm
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C'smom - hopefully it's not to much longer and it will get better. Once he's in Texas you can talk everyday. It makes life so much easier and you will feel so much better!!!
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kim, thanks for the info. I still haven't gotten a phone call. I've seen on Facebook that they were making phone calls yesterday, but we didn't get one. And one mom on Facebook got a call yesterday from her son and another 10 minute call today! But I'm okay. I'm not really worried. I know he graduated and he's okay. I would just like to talk to him and find out what's ahead.
- VintageGal: any news on your sailor?
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C'smom - Yes THU is temporary holding unit. My son stayed in ship compartment for a couple days after PIR. They had a little more freedom while there. Then by the Monday after PIR they converted it to a holding unit and got their belongings back and had way more phone and base liberty. Does your son have a ship out date yet? I'm behind on posts by several days lol
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I've also heard the term "holding." What is that?
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So, based on your experience, where is my Sailor right now? Is he back in the ship he was in waiting to be moved? Is that what they call a compartment? Then do they go from there to THU and just wait? And then, once in THU, they get their phones, correct?
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That's so good to know that Navy is different and they respect the MAs.
Vintagemom, to answer your question from the bootcamp group, he is Division 011, USS Arleigh Burke. In the pictures, you can see the flag that says the ship name. My SR is second row over, third row back. He's is a little blurry in all the pics.
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Vintage- ugh, a couple more days? What the heck!!!
C'smom - I'm with Vintage, from all I've read and heard MA's are well respected in the Navy which isn't the case in other branches. Also, praying you get your call today and for your mother!
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Good morning,
Csmom - if it makes you feel any better I heard that it’s the Marines and Army MPs that people don’t like. I guess it’s not necessarily the case in the Navy. I’ll send you a video ;)I just got off the phone with my son and he said hopefully within the next couple days they’ll get out of there. I guess some chief said we’re not running a Navy hotel here we need to get these guys out!
ME: Ok well then get them out!
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