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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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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 Anita MA Mom on March 19, 2011 at 12:08am: So glad to hear the good news about the 85% cure rate!! That is a Blessing to start with. Tell him NEVER GIVE up God is an awesome GOD and he will be with you all~~ Can he get back in when he is much better? Keep us posted. I live about an hour an a half from Atlanta. Let me know if I can help you!

Anita

Comment by AuxLady(Ship 13,Div 321) on March 18, 2011 at 11:16pm: Thank YOU all MAAS moms keep prayers coming .Long 8 mos coming up with treatments . I can't tell you how much support means to us . I'll try & get blog set up asap .Sad all my son worked fro was to be MAA ,made it now sick please keep faith!!

Comment by CC0727 on March 18, 2011 at 3:26pm: Amen!

Comment by lemonelephant on March 18, 2011 at 1:58pm: Connie, thanks for the update. Prayers continue.

Comment by Connie(Memphis Belle) on March 18, 2011 at 12:56am: Good News Mommas!! Emory Univ. Hospital in ATL has done a reevaluation and revised the diagnosis for Brian. Lymphocytic Leukemia and the doctors tell Tom the dad that there is an 85% cure rate.

Brian still has a long road ahead of him....minimum of 27 days in the hospital and he will be on a 27 day rotation of chemo.

the family never leaves his side and won't. yes Sharon is still crying. still worried and wants to be with her son more than any thing in this world but Sharon knows the power of prayer....Boy Howdy, i'd say!!!

the family is working with the hospital to find more affordable and suitable accommodations.

i suggested that Sharon start a blog so we can keep up with Sailor Brian's progress. Sharon's page is open if you would like to post well wishes and words of encouragment. you won't have to send a friend request....i had one of my N4Ms mom friends try it and it worked.

i will check back with you when i have more details.

Comment by Anita MA Mom on March 17, 2011 at 11:49pm: Crazy typo I meant HOW SAD~~

Comment by Anita MA Mom on March 17, 2011 at 11:49pm: Prayers to your son trioquem, my son will take it in a couple of months. You can let me know what he says about it. Prayers to Brian and his family, oh how said .Thanks for posting Connie. Getting things all lined up to go see my Son graduate from the K9 program in San Antonio. I guess this will be the last graduation for him . He is excited and loving the program. He goes to Pax River Maryland in May anyone have any thoughts on Pax River?

Comment by Connie(Memphis Belle) on March 17, 2011 at 12:00am: Hello Moms, tonight i got a phone call from AuxLady (Sharon) asking me to contact you. Her Sailor son Brian has been stricken with Acute T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma and has been medevaced from Kings Bay, GA to Emory University Hospital. his wife and infant daughter along with his father, two brothers and a sister in law are there in a hotel 9 miles from the hospital. Sharon can not travel due to her injuries from an accident while she was delivering the mail.

tonight i am asking for you to lift Brian and his family up in prayer. please contact anyone anywhere near Emory Univ. Hosp. that can help this family. i can send you his full name in a private message.

Comment by chriscwick on March 16, 2011 at 8:31pm: Good thoughts on the way!!! ((((hugs))))

Comment by CC0727 on March 14, 2011 at 10:10am: A sailor from my town is stationed in Japan. He said they are going out to see to go help with humanitarian aide.