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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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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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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 MCSweetheart on April 26, 2011 at 4:07pm: If anyone is looking for advice on visiting Ft. Meade, my boyfriend just graduated from there and I live near the base so I know the area pretty well and can tell you the ins and outs of visiting and how the new detachment works.

Comment by Travagent on April 25, 2011 at 4:53pm: No, we had until 8pm on Friday. We then met her at the airport about 3am, her flight left at 6am. I would suggest you bring their laptop if you get to go to the airport. I brought my daughter's but she didn't take it and it cost me a fortune to ship it today. They don't get overnights for 3 months.
For some reason I was registered under two names. I deleted Gi's mom.

Comment by lauren on April 25, 2011 at 12:26am: Thank you, Texas Carol! I secretly hope my boyfriend will have to wait a little before he goes to Ft. Meade so that I can spend more Liberty with him the weekend of PIR! ;)

Gi's Mom, were you able to spend much time with your new sailor this weekend? I hope so! Congratulations! :)

Comment by Gi'sMom on April 20, 2011 at 12:14am: Hi all, my daughter is graduating this Friday and will be an MC. We still aren't sure how much time we will have with her.

Comment by Kac46047 on April 19, 2011 at 10:00pm: Np lauren, them leaving on sat isn't the end of the world lol. i actually really enjoyed the itme at the airport. also we got to give him his laptop and cell phone and we texted the rest of the day. So far the Mc's just moved into new housing and they havn't had internet for a couple weeks so dont count on skyping just yet lol. Or maybe you'll be lucky and they will actually get internet soon lol.

Comment by lauren on April 19, 2011 at 9:51pm: Thank you Kac! I am praying that he is one of those lucky MC's...

Comment by Kac46047 on April 19, 2011 at 9:11pm: Lauren my boyfriend left rtc on sat morning at 7am. We got to the airport at 2am to spend some time with him before he left. He told me later that half the mc's left sat and the other half got the weekend. We didn't even know he was leaving sat until the weekend of grad.

Comment by lauren on April 19, 2011 at 8:33pm: Hello everyone,

My boyfriend will be graduating from RTC GL on April 29th, and he is then headed for MC A-school at Ft. Meade... According to RTC, all sailors depart for A-school on Saturday after PIR. I am really hoping that maybe sailors going to DINFOS are the exception to the rule, and that I'll have more time to spend with my new sailor that weekend. From your experience, when did your sailor ship from RTC GL to DINFOS?

Thank you!

Comment by MauiKumu on April 9, 2011 at 1:49am: Thank you so much.

Comment by MauiKumu on April 1, 2011 at 12:20pm: Aloha. My son is reaching the point in MC A school that he needs his own

laptop. Any suggestions for one that he can grow with?