Welcome to
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.

FIRST TIME HERE?

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

Add an Event

**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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
PDF – 2.7 MB
PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

Latest Activity

Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

N4M Merchandise

Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.

Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.

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

Badge

Loading…

Get Badge

MAA Moms

Information

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.

>

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

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of MAA Moms to add comments!

Comment by navymom41 on April 13, 2011 at 10:08am: Thank you all for the support and prayers of our loved ones in Japan and for all who are dealing with this crisis. Kimmydee - my son knows and works with your daughter. I can relate to your stress...I hardly slept the first 4 weeks after the quake and even though my son says it's alright and getting back to normal it is still hard not to worry as mom's do.

Comment by MountainMama(ship3 div081) on April 12, 2011 at 10:25pm: I am still praying for all of our sailors there, and for their mamas. I know how worried I would be.

Comment by karenann on April 12, 2011 at 7:37pm: Has anyone heard the latest coming out of Japan? The world news tonight(NBC) said on their broadcast that the Nuclear plant meltdown is on par with Chernobyl.I only hope in the interest of safety that the Navy will keep our sons and daughters safety paramount.

Comment by kimmydee59 on April 12, 2011 at 10:14am: navymom, She liked Japan until all the earthquakes. He knows her?

Comment by Hunters_Mom_12/092_MAA on April 11, 2011 at 10:43pm: My heart goes out to you both, your family members and everyone in Japan... They sure do need a lot right now and in the future.

Comment by navymom41 on April 11, 2011 at 10:18pm: kimmydee, my son is an MAA at Atsugi and knows your daughter...I believe they may be in the same section. He has been at Atsugi for the last 3 years and has loved being there but admits it has been very stressful at times since the quake and the aftershocks.

Comment by kimmydee59 on April 9, 2011 at 8:05pm: Anyone else have a son or daughter in Atsugi Japan that is an MAA? My daughter has been ther since Nov 1st and since the earthquakes hates it.

Comment by Phil's_mom on April 8, 2011 at 8:33pm: Anyone going to BC in October, my future MA is.

Comment by Hunters_Mom_12/092_MAA on April 8, 2011 at 4:08pm: His thinking is he was born and raised there. He wants to work anti-terrorism ... My heart sunk as you can imagine. Most of all, I want him to be happy and do what he wants to do and right now that is what he wants. So I support him 110% ! I cannot help but be proud and admire him.

Comment by Redfly on April 8, 2011 at 4:01pm: Hi Felicia, I would be honored to take pictures for you. Sorry you are not going to be there. I found out on Wednesday. Joey is so excited. I hear next Wednesday is the day for the official choices. Joey said Hunter wants to go to the Middle East. I thought he would be so excited to hear Hawaii as one of the choices.