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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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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.
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Comment by NavymomofCO on June 3, 2014 at 12:38am
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Hi All,
I'm new to this group, but following all of your comments. Feeling a little more nervous though. I have a 17 yr old, who just graduated from high school a week and a half ago.He leaves for RTC 4 days before his 18th birthday in July. I had no idea that I could feel so equally proud and sad for him at the same time. Reading your posts tonight though are helpful, but really make me more nervous for him. He is also laid back and very smart, but really can be full of himself at times. I suspect that RTC should help with that. Thanks for sharing your stories. I'll continue to follow along :-)
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Comment by gracie21 on June 2, 2014 at 9:22pm
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Sorry to read your post Proudmamma but I can confirm that this curriculum is very difficult, time demanding, and yes, stressful. My Sailor's class finished with only 18 graduates and that contained 1 that was recycled from the previous class. Many fail out and are reassigned somewhere else, many times to a position that they would not ordinarily choose. If the Navy sees merit in the Sailor, they are given another chance and recycled. Your Sailor should pick himself up, dust things off, and give 'em hell. He is still in the program. They believe he has what it takes to complete it. Keep the end goal in site! Ft. Meade is very nice. We visited out Sailor there while he was in A school. My Sailor said that most of the Sailors that failed out of MC school did so with mistakes that were easily correctable. Your Sailor has a rate that depends on very FINE detail. If he tries hard and pays attention to detail always, I'm sure he will make it this time. Best of luck to him. It's worth the effort. My Sailor loves his job. Keep us posted.
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Comment by sailormom_fla on June 2, 2014 at 8:34pm
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I'm so sorry to hear that Proudmamma. I had no idea MC school would be so stressful and hard. I'm sure he will do fine the next go-around. 18 is so young, I can't imagine. My son will be going to MC School after boot camp (he just left two weeks ago for boot camp) but he is 23. It would be even harder to worry about him at 18. Hang in there!!
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Comment by NavyMom93 on June 2, 2014 at 7:56pm
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Proudmamma, please explain recycling! It sounds like repeating. Is that what it is?
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Comment by Proudmamma Ship11/Div100 on June 2, 2014 at 7:45pm
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Needing to vent for a bit! My son has been recycled through MC school and he is soooo sad! He is happy that he was recycled but is so disappointed in himself. He will have a new class to interrupt and be assigned a new teacher. He really enjoyed the last class and teacher. He stated that he is the youngest person at the school 18 and is well liked by everyone but the school is really stressful and hard. My boy is really laid back and super smart and I honestly can't even image him stressed out or failing at anything. I'm so sad for him! What if he doesn't pass the second time around! Yikes! To top it off, now he doesn't graduate until late October! Thanks for letting me get it off my chest...I can't really tell all our friends and family that he was recycled because they wouldn't understand. BTW moms and girlfriends. He started out in a class of 22 and he is the 8th person to fail out, and they are not even half way done with school yet. (most don't get recycled)
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NavyMom, my son is enjoying A School the longer he is there. He said he is just enjoying life on Ft. Meade in general. Also, I see I left out a word in my last post. I meant to say that it is a relaxed atmosphere. It is much different from boot camp!
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Comment by NavyMom on May 30, 2014 at 2:48pm
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Thanks NavyMom93. This is good news.
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NavyMom, I'm sorry I didn't answer earlier. I didn't get a notification for your comment! To answer your question, it seems like your SR has a lot to look forward to when he gets to MC A School. It is much more relaxed. His MTI's (Military Instructors) are all very, very supportive. There is a lot of work to do--both school work and homework, so he will have to work hard, but it's a really atmosphere. My son is really enjoying it so much. Your SR must be almost done by now, I took so long to answer this! Tell him to hang in there. There's plenty of good stuff ahead!
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NavyMom93 what do you hear about the first couple of weeks of MC A School from your son ? Our SR is beginning training week #4 of boot camp and is very ready to be finished. I would love to know what he has to look forward to when he goes to MC A school in June.
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Yes, NavyMom, he seems to enjoy being there. Boot camp is so intense and so strict, that this is quite a welcome change for him:) He is just doing indoc right now, so I don't know when his actual classes begin, but so far, so good!
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