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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:
Events
**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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
Comment Wall
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Comment by Edwards19 ( Tricia ) on July 11, 2016 at 8:51pm
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Sorry me again. How many in the rooms as in roommates?
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Thank you for response I have her phone and I did get her dawn and baby shampoo to bring.
Thank you guys
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Comment by pudintain on July 7, 2016 at 11:20am
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Hello, Tricia! My son was grateful for getting a small bottle of Dan dish soap and baby shampoo for his OC spray day. You can mail that to her - or have a small travel size for her to take. I have been OC sprayed for work before - and these two are helpful when hopping in the shower after the "fun" is over. Also, she can have her phone - so if you meet her at the airport, she can put it in her bag - or you can mail that as well (along with a laptop).
My son has been in MA for about four weeks and is finally able to wear civilian clothes - (she will have to get to phase two do wear them) - I mailed him some new stuff through Amazon since all of his old - he had "outgrown" :) Good luck to your daughter and congrats!
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Comment by lemonelephant on July 6, 2016 at 8:48pm
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Tricia, there is info for you in Break down week by week in San Antonio MA's.
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Hello what should my daughter bring to MA school just to get her started after bootcamp. I can mail stuff later Thanks
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Hello! My son graduates MA Aug. 9 at LAFB. Then he is off to Oceana, VA - where happily he is 37 minutes from his best friend who is at Newport News also serving in the Navy!
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Comment by Austins mom on June 8, 2016 at 7:50pm
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YokeNavymom, I'm wondering if your son is on the same base as mine? My son is MA.
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Comment by Micka on June 7, 2016 at 9:54pm
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YokeNavyMom, my son does work at an SWF with Marines. He does not do gate, perimeter, or patrol duties outside of this area. He guards this area only and is on a RTT team with the Marines. They protect and are trained to retrieve our Nuke weapons if stolen. Your sailor can qualify to guard nukes my he team is different. Last my son told me there are only 3 Sailors on it, my son being one of them.
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YokeNavyMom, he will have whatever duties are needed--gate duty, perimeter patrol, patrol, guard duty, and/or other duties as needed.
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Mom of NavyGal, Lackland is the only place for MA "A" School now and has been since the fall of 2008. Many of the "C" Schools for MA's are also at Lackland.
The Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) codes for MA's can be found at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/nec/NECOSVolII/Docu... on pages 71 to 73. You will note that there are very few NEC codes available for those with a rate E-1 to E-3, which is where the new Sailors fall. Dog Handler and NWSS (also known as PRP) are two areas that are open to E-1's. It is rare that one would be accepted into the Dog Handler program straight out of "A" School, but it has happened at times. There have also been a few who qualified for both Dog Handler and PRP.
Most MA's have various training opportunities at their assigned commands after "A" School, but will not go on to a "C" School.
Sailors with orders within the Coastal Riverine Force will complete a 4 week Riverine Combat Skills (RCS) course in Virginia before heading to their first duty station.
Sailors with orders to a combat zone will have 4 weeks of Expeditionary Combat School (ECS) in Gulfport, Mississippi before heading to their first duty station.
Join San Antonio MA's; the discussion, Break down week by week, will let you know what happens at NTTC Lackland (San Antonio).
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