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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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
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.
Discussion Forum
Future MC - leaving for BC in 4 days
Started by Celticwoman2. Last reply by AKL5225 Jul 26, 2019. 3 Replies 1 Like
Navy MCs make "first of its kind" documentary
Started by ridewaves. Last reply by ridewaves Aug 29, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes
MC "A" School blog
Started by ridewaves. Last reply by 2byzmom Aug 18, 2010. 3 Replies 1 Like
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Comment by lakeview on March 12, 2015 at 9:39pm
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I tried the FB page. No one has responded to my request to join the group. One of my questions is, would I be able to go visit my son in June? He just started at Ft. Meade.
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My husband graduated from A school in September of 2014. I learned a lot and here to help if and when you need it. :)
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Comment by NavyMom93 on March 9, 2015 at 9:32pm
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Hi lakeview, yes, this group is active. My son graduated from A School October 2014, but new people are always joining as us old ones fade out. I'll be happy to answer any questions if I can, though!
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My sailor just arrive at Ft. Meade Sat. Is this group active?
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Hi All!! AprilB or Joje, can you please send me the FB link as well. My sailor just arrived at Ft Meade yesterday and I'd like to join the group, need as much info as possible. Thanks for any help you can give.
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Thanks - got it! :)
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Comment by Joje on December 1, 2014 at 12:38pm
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AprilB - I've sent you a friend request and PM :)
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Joje - I tried searching for it, but it says there is no such group. I tried searching in general, but I can't find it. Can you give me a link? Thanks!
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Hi there...I wanted to make sure that everyone knows that there is a Facebook page for those of us with sailors at Fort Meade! It's "Navy Parents of Sailors in MC A-School." It is a closed group, so you'll need to send a request to the admin, but lots of great info!
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Hello everyone! My Sailor had his PIR 11-26-14 and he arrived at the airport in B.More today. Not worried, but I am curious! Are there any tips you all can think of to share with him? I'm waiting on him to see if he can find out the Christmas leave dates since he won't know if he has watch during it yet. Also has anyone had to go through their processing of marriage licenses? He's told me a few things his chief told him at Great Lakes, but I'm wondering if any of that changes like he was told he didn't need "permission" to get married that he could just provide our marriage license and I would have to come fill out paperwork to be put on his DEERS and page 2.
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