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Welcome to the MPCN Community! I've written this overview to help you quickly navigate to your group(s) and find the most recent discussions, or explore the discussion categories in the groups that interest you most at this stage of your Poolee, Recruit, Candidate, or Marine's career in the Corps. The first thing you'll need to do is join a group. Click on "Groups" in the main navigation to find the group that's right for you and your loved one's stage in the Marine Corps.
FINDING YOUR GROUP(S):
The main navigation of the website, MPCN: ConnectAndShare.com, is at the top, under our blue MPCN banner, between the two red lines. In that main navigation, mouse over "Groups" then tap or click "My Groups." When that page opens, tap on the icon for the group(s) in which you belong.
GROUP NAVIGATION:
Once inside the group, you'll see another row of navigation under the group banner and name. It's a row of grey-colored topics. This is the Group navigation. When you mouse over or tap the grey-colored text, it turns into red links with an underscore. Topics include: [Home] [Welcome] [Daily Posts] [Members], etc.
CHOOSE A TOPIC:
Click on one of the topics in that row; I prefer the "Daily Posts" option to view all the conversations. "Home" also includes the most recent discussions. "Welcome" is some basic information about the group, our 10 Guidelines, and your volunteer team.
CATEGORIES OF DISCUSSIONS:
After choosing "Daily Posts," you'll see all the most recent discussions for this group, along with another row of categories that appear as red links. If you prefer a specific category of discussions and articles, you can then click on a discussion category in the second row of red links. If you're using a cell phone, instead of red links, it's a drop-down menu that starts with "All Articles."
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Hi I am looking for the 2nd battlion 5th Marines 1st Marine Div the 2/5 at Camp Pendelton I know I saw a group for this I thought under fleet and there was a bunch of these groups listed in red but can not seem to locate where I found it. My Marine is in that Unit and I would love to connect with other families in that group.
Tara Baker-Radke you will want to join the PDSWest group. There are just so many Marine Divisions out there we don't have a seperate page for all of them. Here is the link to join PDSWest. https://connectandshare.com/groups/pdsw
Hello- I cannot figure out how to join the 2nd battalion Golf company, my son shipped out yesterday to San Diego and we received the call last night. Can you please give me the link?
Good morning. Here is the link for Golf Co. SD. Please make sure to answer all the questions and allow at least 48 hours for a response. Have a great day!
https://connectandshare.com/groups/sdg
Wendy Smith
Hi,
I am looking for the PDS West group, it says there is no such group. My son graduated ITB 2/4 and was moved to fleet same day at Pendelton.
Hi, here is the link for you. Please make sure to answer all the questions and then give them a few days for you to be accepted. Have a great day ,and please reach out if you need anything else.
Link: PDS West: https://connectandshare.com/groups/pdsw
Tara Baker-Radke
Hello,
I have a similar issue to Ginny's 1/28/26 post below. I was in the Poolee Group, but my son just shipped out on 2/9/26 to MCRD San Diego. We got the call from him last night that he arrived. He's in the 1st Batallion Alpha Company. I tried going to that link but there is no "Join" option. I updated my profile to reflect he is now a recruit and I removed myself from the Poolee Group (no longer in any groups), but I still can't see to join the 2/9/26 ship date for 1st Batallion Alpha Company. I'm sure I did something incorrectly but I'm not sure how else to resolve this. I appreciate any guidance you can provide.
Thank you so much,
Sara
Good morning Sara Morin. Here is the link to join Alpha Company. Click here to Join Alpha Company MCRD SD Please make sure you answer all questions to join the group.
Have a great Wednesday.
Good morning Diana, thank you for responding. Unfortunately, that is the link I have tried multiple times and I don't see any questions or any option to join. Below is a screen shot of what I see. I have tried accessing it on my phone, computer, and multiple browsers. I'm not sure where I'm going wrong.
Sara Morin you have been added to Alpha Co
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