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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

**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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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

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".

Discussion Forum

GITMO

Started by Julie. Last reply by IdahoMom Dec 8, 2018. 7 Replies

Offutt

Started by Karen Oct 20, 2017. 0 Replies

Graduation Dates

Started by MA mom of KY. Last reply by MainemomJulie May 30, 2017. 2 Replies

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Comment by chriscwick on March 14, 2011 at 6:12am
Welcome Redfly!
Comment by Brenda Sue on March 13, 2011 at 10:59pm
Redfly, did you know there was a group for San Antonio MA's.  you might want to visit there also!
Comment by Redfly on March 13, 2011 at 9:37pm
My son just graduated on Friday from bootcamp and is now in San Antonio, Texas.
Comment by lemonelephant on March 11, 2011 at 6:52pm
Those in Southern Japan in Sasebo, are fine, but I would think those in Northern Japan in Yokosuka would have been affected.  The USS Tortuga is to be leaving Sasebo, if it hasn't already, to help in Northern Japan.
Comment by cris on March 11, 2011 at 11:50am
Has anyone heard from Japan based Navy? My daughter has friends that graduated with her that went there.
Comment by chriscwick on March 11, 2011 at 7:56am
Thinging about our Sailors & Marines in Japan...
Comment by Anita MA Mom on February 28, 2011 at 2:39am
Hello to all, just got back home from San Antonio Master AT Arms Graduation. It was very nice, if you get the chance to go do so!! Very Personal and small class of 31. Lackland is a nice Base but you need TO KNOW EXACTLY WHICH GATE to go to!!!! The Navy is set aside from the Air Force and can be very Confusing on how to get to that spot. If anyone has any questions about it messege me and I will give you details of the route and gate to enter and tips for what to do!!! Hope everyone is doing great. N starts his Canine school tomorrow, he was excited but sad about all of his buddies that left this weekend.I am sure that he will make new friends in his Canine class though. Blessings to you all my friends!!!~~~~
Comment by Hunters_Mom_12/092_MAA on February 27, 2011 at 2:41pm
Hooyah Brenda Sue! LOL
Comment by Brenda Sue on February 27, 2011 at 2:26pm

Hunter's mom - I know more geography than our high school World Geography teacher!  I asked her how a ship would get between Djibouti and Yemen - and she didn't know!  I DO!!!

Bab-el-Mandeb

Comment by Hunters_Mom_12/092_MAA on February 27, 2011 at 2:22pm
Yes Brenda Sue and everyone understood...I too have been paying attention, brushing up on my geography and thinking good thoughts for all of our loved ones.
 

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