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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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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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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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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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Mass Communication Specialist

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For those with Sailors who are MC's in "A" school or assigned a duty station.

Members: 106
Latest Activity: Oct 9, 2019

http://www.dinfos.osd.mil/index.asp

Mass Communication Specialists are concerned with public affairs and visual communication. Their role is to present the US Navy to Naval and civilian audiences, through a variety of media. MCs write and produce both print and broadcast journalism, including news and feature stories for military and civilian newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations. They record still and video photography of military operations, exercises, and other Navy events.

Great link from a guy who describes "A" School at FT Meade:
http://civiliantosailor.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html

More info for those of you who have sailors getting ready to head to FT Meade:
Go to the link http://www.dinfos.osd.mil/index.asp for DINFOS. There is an ACADEMICS Tab>Course Offerings. A list of classes appears for 2010. Above the list a paragraph with a link to ATRRS. Click on the link. You may be asked to authenticate the certificate. It is safe to do so. After following those directions a page will appear with drop down boxes. Fill in the boxes for Fiscal YR (20XX, the YR searching for), School Code (212), State (MD)>search courses. You can then select each course and see the details for when those classes start & end.

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Comment by Kerry on December 13, 2011 at 10:48am: No, but it must be disappointing after doing the MC training school.

Comment by Kerry on December 12, 2011 at 4:13pm: I never even heard of cranking. I'm new with this stuff. Bonnie, Elizabeth's duty sounds like some exciting places. And PR training sounds great.

Comment by Kac46047 on December 10, 2011 at 2:40pm: From what i get from my husband and his buddies is cranking is sort of the "initiation to ship life" Usually all junior sailors do it when they first get on a ship for about 6 months. (At least thats what our one friend is experiencing now) Mess Cranking is the one most do and its just cleaning the galley, while they mess crank they also get their ship qualifications. My husband was hoping he could avoid cranking since he is on sea duty now but not on a ship. Ill have to tell him that your daught, stephsmom, is doing it after being on a ship a while! he wont like that lol. After the while in cranking they get to actually do their jobs! Thats what i hear about cranking lol Never hear dof security cranking though!

Comment by bonnie on December 10, 2011 at 2:06am: @stephsmom, I reread what you updated about Stephanie. So she is going to Hawaii to meet friends, what a great idea. It is what I wanted Elizabeth to do, to fly out of Guam, to Hawaii and meet us there--We're in San Francisco. She was unable to get a leave because all the leave slots were taken by the time she figured it all out...grrrr! I am sure Stephanie will have a blast meeting up with friends. Lucky her. Glad she enjoys her job, ship duty, it sounds like. Ship duty has been hard on Elizabeth. Well, keep in touch, I like to hear from everyone and where everyone is ...or is going on to...

Comment by bonnie on December 10, 2011 at 1:59am: What is 'cranking in security?'So much activity suddenly! Glad to get updates on our various kids and their latest activities!

Daughter Elizabeth left last May, for ship duty after 2 years shore duty in Italy, to Dubai, then Ba'hrain, on through the Indian Ocean, Indonesia, with a stop in the Phillipines and is now in Guam. Hot, hot, hot. I think she has now just about circumnavigated the entire globe! She is being sent to Japan for PR (public relations) training. How does she like ship duty? You asked? Hmmm. sort of a novelty at first, but after awhile, it sort of grates on her nerves! She works in the print shop on board, with many duties, one of which was to film the man-overboard training drill...while.bobbing in a life raft, in the Indian Ocean! She assured me that she was surrounded by several large and able-bodied seaman just in case she would be tossed in the ocean and become the real 'man overboard. Oh, the adventures! Priscillaz, what is Rachel studying while at Ft.Meade, C school?

How is Rachel managing her family along with the demands of the Navy? It must be challenging. How does this work? How are her arms, or hands that gave her so much pain. Has she healed?

Comment by Kac46047 on December 9, 2011 at 11:09am: Lol does anyone willingly like cranking. Our friends hate it!

Comment by Kerry on December 9, 2011 at 10:31am: What is "cranking in security"?

Comment by ShowMeSailor on December 9, 2011 at 9:36am: prescillaz: Tomesia is going to Ft Meade right after boot camp.

Comment by Kac46047 on December 6, 2011 at 8:38pm: joy my husband graduated in january and i almost didnt make it because my city got hit with a huge blizzard. our flight was cancelled and we waited 8 hours for the next one, arrived in great lakes at 1 am before graduation! I hope theres no blizzard for you!!