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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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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
Hi Tracy, I have a dilemma I am hoping you can help me with. I originally signed up on this page when my recruit began his journey under Bravo. Unfortunately a week and a half ago, we found out that he was delayed by 2 weeks and will now graduate with Echo 2nd RTBN (we still don't know his platoon number). The Monday following the call, I reached out to Crystal with the Bravo group, and she provided the link to Echo and said to just complete the information and answer the questions as I did with bravo and we'd be switched over. I did as she instructed, but after several days, I had not seen any acceptance into the Echo group, so I reached out to Crystal again, who assured me she would reach out to the Echo group and get us set up with them. That was 6 days ago, and I am still not a part of Echo. I understand that this is all done by volunteers, and I'm certainly not looking to get anyone in trouble. I just want to be a part of the correct group so we can continue following our son's journey towards becoming a Marine. I would appreciate any help that you can provide. Thank you!
Ginny Vincent-Moore , Good morning. It sounds like your recruit may be at MCRD in San Diego. If so, please try again and use this link to request to join Echo Company in San Diego. Join Echo Company
Please make sure you are answering all the questions as well to join the group. Thank you.
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