I have gotten different answers to these questions.
1) How long is A School?
2) Where do most MA's get stationed out of A School?
Thank You.
Read more…My daughter heads for boot camp next saturday and then to lackland for her MA school. Does anybody know usually what her first assignment could be? Are they put on ship first or could a land base be in the picture? Any help would be appreciated.
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My son is currently at RTC and will go to Lackland AFB for the MA "A" School sometime mid to late October. Curiosity got me wondering about jobs in the Navy. I am assuming that most sailors have a day or two off during a week? Or do they work 7 da
Read more…Can anyone enlighten me on what exactly the MA PRP program is? My son is currently in his "A" school in San Antonio and was not excited to learn that his assignment for the next 4 years (?) would be at Kings Bay, GA "in the PRP program".
Thanks!
Read more…Erik graduation from San Antonio today. Start Bahrain command on November 10. For 2 years. Anyone with sailors in Bahrain?
Read more…The graduation was held in a small auditorium. 56 sailors graduated. You sit up close, take all pictures you want AND are able to pin their badge on them. AWESOME and highly recommend you attend if possible.!!
Read more…Does anyone have any information regarding the M A position in Bahrain, thanks
Read more…Is on base lodging available to non veteran parents? Who is the contact for availability and pricing information? Thanks ed infante
Read more…My son graduates A School in San Antonio in March. My question is, do they have a ceremony or anything for graduating from A school and can parents attend if they do?
Thank you
A new navy dad
Dennis
Read more…Does anyone know about PRP and is it a good deal? My son is in A school and he seems to be interested in PRP but he doesn't know anything about it.
Read more…Erik will go to Dr today for hernia evaluation. What happens if he does or doesn't need surgery. He has not been given a starting date yet for school due to excess sailors. He is in San Antonio. Thanks!
Read more…Hey everyone, My girlfriend is about to graduate from basic, but still isn't sure how long MA "A" school will last... The internet has provided answers from 40 days, to 7 weeks, to 9 weeks... What should we expect?
Read more…MA A-School Graduation is a wonderful thing to attend. It is much less extravagant an affair than PIR is, but you can pin your Sailor’s MA Badge on them and even get up on the stage to watch, record, or photograph your Sailor taking their MA Oath of
Read more…My son will soon be graduating MA at Lackland next month then he's off to Gulfport (~6 weeks) and then heading to Norfolk (~4 weeks) before being sent off to Bahrain.
Does anyone know what training he will receive at Gulfport and Norfolk?
Read more…My son was going to sign up for active duty a couple weeks ago. When he went to the recruiter's office to choose a job in the Navy they told him the Master at Arms job was available, but only as a reservist. Since MAA was what he really wanted, he
Read more…Just found out my son got his orders today. He will be headed to NAS Atsugi Japan after A school in Lackland. Anyone have info on Atsugi?
Read more…My son just got to his base on the west coast he is attached to a Marine unit .If the marine unit is deployed Will my son stay at his location ,or will he be deployed with the Marine unit we are shipping his car this weekend and we are on t
Read more…Greetings all, my son has PIR 12/28 and is then slated to arrive in San Antonio on 12/29 to check in at his A-School @ Lackland.
Can anyone advise if he would have an opportunity to be off base during the New Year’s holiday, or as a new arrival would
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