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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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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

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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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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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 Brenda Sue on December 12, 2010 at 6:50pm: Kelly, EVERY group hears that! I would not worry until it happens. My son has been an MA for 3 years and he has been deployed 3 times - but never to Afghanistan.

Comment by Kellymcd11 on December 12, 2010 at 6:25pm: Hi Moms, my son is in bc now and his rank is MA. Afriend of mine told me that they are deploying new MA's to afganistan, right after they complete a school. Has anyone else heard of this.

Thanks

Comment by Tracye** Diva Rambo** on December 2, 2010 at 10:48pm: Yes they can volunteer to help out with other classes going thru training.....I'm not sure how much they will get done but it is fun for them to see what they will be doing during their time....Deneen....Desiree wants to find Danielle....so let me know what barracks she's in....

Comment by bubbymom (Nadine) ship 09 div 08 on December 2, 2010 at 1:46pm: Hey Deneen, I read somewhere in past posts that they get to volunteer to participate with other classes. I'd recommended this to my son. I'm with you on all the idle time. Did you hear all the time they will have off?

Comment by Deneen(Nurse McGyver) on December 2, 2010 at 11:32am: Well, she is @ Lackland awaiting 12/13/10 classes. I hope they give them something to do so they don't get bored. Boredom breeds trouble even with the best of people. They could at least give them their manuals so they could start reading them and familiarize themselves with the material. Have to ship her stuff today. Glad to be here.

Comment by bubbymom (Nadine) ship 09 div 08 on December 1, 2010 at 11:58am: Hi ladies, my son PIR on 11/24 very special to have had those extra days. I'm new to this group since he's now heading your way....got my 4 am call Mom on my way to San Antonio!! He's soooo excited!! We live in New Orleans so it feels good to have him closer than Great Lakes...I look forward to sharing my experiencs and learning from some of you veteran MA moms...God Bless and have a great day...

Comment by chriscwick on December 1, 2010 at 7:05am: Packing & shipping, especially this time of year tough. Take stuff to graduation. We brought computer backpack prepacked with cell (chged), laptop (chged), & iPod(chged). He was thrilled. 15 brand new squids got stuck at Chicago MidwY Arpt for 26 hrs. On the way to TX. He loved having his stuff.

Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on December 1, 2010 at 2:01am: Oh hurley.....HOW EXCITING!!!! I BET you had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving. I was able to fly to Japan at the beginning of Nov. and surprise my daughter for her birthday. Her boyfriend arranged for everything. She was blown away!!! We hadn't been together for her birthday since she turned 18, and she turned 22 while I was there with her. I just couldn't believe that my BABY was 22!! I think that it just seemed so impossible, since we hadn't been together on her birthday for SO many years!
Anita, I really don't think that they are allowed vehicles during A school at San Antonio. I know that Kelcie had me send her laptop and cell as soon as she got there though.

Comment by hurleyl8dyShip6Div943PIR9/10/10 on November 30, 2010 at 5:25pm: Wishing everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I got the surprise of my life when my son walked in the door just as we were getting ready to sit for TG dinner. He told me there was no way he would make it home but surprise, surprise! The best long weekend of my life!

Comment by lemonelephant on November 28, 2010 at 11:51pm: Anita, I know that Sailors are allowed to have their vehicles at some of the longer A Schools, but I don't think they are able to drive at A School at Lackland (San Antonio) since it is only 7 weeks. I did a search and found a couple of comments in the San Antonio MAs group saying that they cannot have them. The most recent I found is currently on page 40.