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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

Events

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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

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

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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: 107
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 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?

Comment by ILivLaughLuvU on March 8, 2011 at 1:40am: Hi All! I'm new to the site and am here to get used to military life. My boyfriend is currently deployed and its my first time having to go through not having him to talk to every day. His title is MC so I figured I'd join this group to talk to others who have a loved on who is an MC =)

Comment by Missa'sMom on February 25, 2011 at 1:01pm: Thanks for the info Allashandra and Kac46047. I think we are going to wait until late May or early June to go. I got to talk to my daughter through Facebook yesterday, she should have her phone today. She sounded excited to be there and commented on how nice everyone is. I cant wait for her to call today.

Comment by Sherri(Ship09 div078) on February 23, 2011 at 11:02pm: Thanks for the welcome :)
sounds like some of the new bc grads got to go to DC for a retirement ceremony today. Our son called and was pretty excited about it. He's ready for school to start though I think. The kid who could sit for hoursdoing nothing is now ready to get moving!
not sure if we will head outthere or not. Time will tell I guess.

Comment by Kac46047 on February 22, 2011 at 6:08pm: missa's mom ill be going for my second trip, during my college's spring break, in two weeks to see my sailor again. The first time i went the only thing he wanted to do is explore the outside world lol

Comment by Missa'sMom on February 22, 2011 at 5:45pm: My daughter just graduated boot camp on 2/18 and left this morning for Ft Meade. I cant wait for her to get settled so I can start planning a trip out to see her. Is anyone else planning on going out to see their Sailor?

Comment by Dawn L. on February 21, 2011 at 4:28pm: My son Ben has been at Fort Meade since September. I'm sure if someone has any questions they could ask him. He has been academically recycled for about 5 weeks and starts back to classes this Wednesday. Academically recycled means he has to wait to start classes, where he failed in the last class, to start classes with the class at the place he left off at. It's been busy for him getting recruits settled in from BC, but ready to start class.

Comment by Kac46047 on February 21, 2011 at 1:00pm: sherry join this group for sailors stationed at Ft. Meade. Good info if your ever gonna head over and visit him =]

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/parentswhosesailorsarestationedatf...

Comment by Sherri(Ship09 div078) on February 21, 2011 at 8:04am: It looks like this discussion group is pretty quiet. Is anyone out there? :)

My son just graduated BC on the 18th and got to his A school. Will be interesting to see how this phase goes.