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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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!
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.
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."
**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).
**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 isno 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.
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.)
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1. How do I get to Master-at-Arms "A" School from the airport? [Return]
Students arriving from Basic Military Training should check in at the USO (Terminal 2). A staff member from MA "A" School will pick you up or you will be directed to take the base shuttle to the schoolhouse or as a last resort, chargeable services (ranging between $5-50) are also available.
2. What time should Fleet Returnees check in? [Return]
It is highly recommended that you check in the Sunday prior to your class convening date. If you check-in after 1600 on your report no later than date, it is most likely you will not class up until the following week.
3. Where will I stay while attending school? [Return]
New Accessions will stay at the Davis Hall Barracks and Fleet Returnees will stay at the Gateway Inn. Reservations for Gateway Inn must be made upon receipt of orders (Gateway Inn: 1-210-671-2556/4277). If non-availability, you will be required to get a letter stating as such from the Gateway Inn and make alternative lodging arrangements. Note: Transportation is the responsibility of the student.
Request 30 days advanced per diem at the rate of $23.25 per day; payment of 30 days advance lodging ($697.50) is required initially; with remainder being paid prior to graduation.
4. Are students authorized to wear civilian clothes off duty? [Return]
Yes, once students are in Phase II status, civilian clothing in good taste will be authorized while
How do I get to Master-at-Arms "A" School from the airport? [Return]
Students arriving from Basic Military Training should check in at the USO (Terminal 2). A staff member from MA "A" School will pick you up or you will be directed to take the base shuttle to the schoolhouse or as a last resort, chargeable services (ranging between $5-50) are also available
Divisions 347 and 348 are brother divisions and train together and will have Battle Stations-21 (BST) together, so look for others with loved ones in either division. Write to your recruit and ask when Battle Stations-21 (BST) will be so you will know when to expect the "I'm a Sailor!" call.
When my son left on 8/21, i couldn't breath, had panic attacks, and didn't know how I was going to make it. This web site and people like you have made me feel so much better knowing I'm not the only one going through these feelings. We are all a family now and family supports each other! And I have received 2 letters and a phone call from my son which definately helped. Please feel free to send me a message anytime.
Hi Mamabear - My son left on 9/5 and we got his box on 9/8. I'm leaving the country Friday for 2 weeks, so worried I won't see the letter before I go.
At 12:33pm on September 7, 2017, lemonelephant said…
Master at Arms is a rating very dear to my heart since my Sailor was an MA. Join San Antonio MA's; the discussion, Break down week by week, will let you know what happens at NTTC Lackland (San Antonio). You will also want to join MAA Moms. Other groups to check out are New MAA Mom's (it has not been very active) and Security Sailors (it is not very active and includes loved ones of Sailors from other ratings as well).
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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.
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
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**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:
RTC Graduation
**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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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
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MASTER-AT-ARMS "A" SCHOOL
1. How do I get to Master-at-Arms "A" School from the airport? [Return]
Students arriving from Basic Military Training should check in at the USO (Terminal 2). A staff member from MA "A" School will pick you up or you will be directed to take the base shuttle to the schoolhouse or as a last resort, chargeable services (ranging between $5-50) are also available.
2. What time should Fleet Returnees check in? [Return]
It is highly recommended that you check in the Sunday prior to your class convening date. If you check-in after 1600 on your report no later than date, it is most likely you will not class up until the following week.
3. Where will I stay while attending school? [Return]
New Accessions will stay at the Davis Hall Barracks and Fleet Returnees will stay at the Gateway Inn. Reservations for Gateway Inn must be made upon receipt of orders (Gateway Inn: 1-210-671-2556/4277). If non-availability, you will be required to get a letter stating as such from the Gateway Inn and make alternative lodging arrangements. Note: Transportation is the responsibility of the student.
Request 30 days advanced per diem at the rate of $23.25 per day; payment of 30 days advance lodging ($697.50) is required initially; with remainder being paid prior to graduation.
4. Are students authorized to wear civilian clothes off duty? [Return]
Yes, once students are in Phase II status, civilian clothing in good taste will be authorized while
Master-At-Arms "A" School
1. How do I get to Master-at-Arms "A" School from the airport?
2. What time should Fleet Returnees check in?
3. Where will I stay while attending school?
4. Are students authorized to wear civilian clothes off duty?
5. What uniforms should I bring?
6. What watches will I be required to stand?
7. Will I be required to complete/pass a physical readiness test (PRT) while in a student status?
8. If I am eligible to take the advancement exam, what will be required?
9. Are students authorized to bring their privately owned vehicles?
10. Will I be able to get mail?
11. Can Fleet Returnees bring their dependents?
12. Can New Accession Sailors bring their dependents?
13. If coming from another "A" school, due to non-completion, am I considered a Fleet Returnee?
14. Will I be required to eat at the galley?
15. What documents should I bring with me?
16. If I am already OC certified, do I need to recertify and be sprayed again?
17. What Navy uniform facilities are available?
18. Can I take leave while in student status?
19. What electronics can I bring to school with me?
20. What items are not authorized for students to bring?
21. Will I be able to keep my trainee guide when I graduate?
22. As a Professional Apprenticeship Career Tract (PACT) Program Sailor, will I be frocked upon graduating?
23. If I lose my paperwork after graduation, can I request copies?
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Hope this helps Mamabear.
heres a link for you and it will give you info as to what she can take.
www.netc.navy.mil/centers/csf/nttc-lackland/_documents/faq.pdf
How do I get to Master-at-Arms "A" School from the airport? [Return]
Students arriving from Basic Military Training should check in at the USO (Terminal 2). A staff member from MA "A" School will pick you up or you will be directed to take the base shuttle to the schoolhouse or as a last resort, chargeable services (ranging between $5-50) are also available
Mamabear what will she be going in for?
Mamabear use this link it will let you know about the flying out and how you can get permission to meet at the airport.
See PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend
Divisions 347 and 348 are brother divisions and train together and will have Battle Stations-21 (BST) together, so look for others with loved ones in either division. Write to your recruit and ask when Battle Stations-21 (BST) will be so you will know when to expect the "I'm a Sailor!" call.
Hi Mamabear - My son left on 9/5 and we got his box on 9/8. I'm leaving the country Friday for 2 weeks, so worried I won't see the letter before I go.
Master at Arms is a rating very dear to my heart since my Sailor was an MA. Join San Antonio MA's; the discussion, Break down week by week, will let you know what happens at NTTC Lackland (San Antonio). You will also want to join MAA Moms. Other groups to check out are New MAA Mom's (it has not been very active) and Security Sailors (it is not very active and includes loved ones of Sailors from other ratings as well).
The Rating Information Card for MA can be found at https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/enlisted/rating_info_cards/ma.pdf (If you get the security warning, it is safe to go there.); it indicates 9 weeks, but "A" School is 7 weeks after classing up.
Your Sailor will most likely fly out to "A" School the day after PIR. Plan to leave late Saturday or on Sunday. See PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend within Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) to help you know how to plan your weekend.