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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

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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 6, 2011 at 7:05pm: Wow, JoyB. Don't worry too much; you'll be most likely impressed with her when you see her after boot camp. In a very good way.

Comment by ShowMeSailor on December 6, 2011 at 12:02pm: Thank you for the words of encouragement. She leaves for boot camp as soon as the recruiter gets here.

Comment by Kerry on December 6, 2011 at 11:03am: Sounds great. My son is in A school now at Fort Meade. He is really looking forward to this. He'll finish in April and then we'll see where he goes from there. So exciting!

Comment by Kac46047 on November 21, 2011 at 12:23pm: I know people that failed mc school school and had to cross rate. If you graduate they are not gonna send you to a different rate school off the bat. I would think you woul dhave to serve out your enlistment then if the other rate is accepting then put in for a rate transferr. Ive also see sailors whos rates are extremly overmanned that can cross rate quickly. Mc is steady and not overmaned so i dont see that happening. Its possible to cross rate it may just be a while =)

Comment by ShowMeSailor on November 21, 2011 at 11:58am: Does anyone know if they can go through A-school and then go to another field (ie logistics) and further their career by being multi-lingual?

Comment by Kac46047 on November 21, 2011 at 11:52am: Also some food for thought. Mc isn't 100% advancement from e3 to e4 anymore. Around 60 just took the most recent test and about nine didn't make it. Its even harder to progress to 2nd and 1st class. The rate is small and there isn't a ton of need for higher up mc's , so you definitely have to study study study to progress through the rate.

Comment by ShowMeSailor on November 21, 2011 at 11:26am: Grab the MC when you can as it may not always be open. Must have a good score on the ASVAB to get it. DEP is good as you have visitors that come talk to the meetings to let you know what is't really like. Sign and swear in when your job is available.

Comment by Cathomas on November 19, 2011 at 5:31am: Ahhh thank you BonnieRN and yes I have talked to a few recruiters i'll be taking the asvab in December of this year and signing paperwork to swear in after i graduate from college in August!

Comment by BonnieRN on November 18, 2011 at 11:56pm: Cathomas, have you been talking to a recruiter ? I know from my daughters experience that she was in the delayed entry program for a year before she finally went to boot camp and then MC school. She spent part of that time getting in shape and studying some boot camp handbook. As far as web sites..google mass communications specialist and you will get some basics . Good luck.

Comment by Kerry on November 18, 2011 at 7:28pm: My son is coming home for Thanksgiving so I will ask about the pumpkin cookies Bonnie. He went to Pratt Institute, which is pretty much an art school; he was a writing major, but I think all the those artsy types are drawn to Mass Communication. This is definitely a great rate for those creative folks.