Question about Mass Communications Specialists in the Navy?

Question

A while back I was thinking about joining the navy and aiming for the Illustrator/Draftsman rating but now it's been merged into a MC.
"This rating was created in July 2006 by merging the following ratings: Journalist (JO), Photographer's Mate (PH), Draftsman (DM), and Lithographer's (LI)."

Ok so, If you are an MC does that mean you work with ALL of those types of things or you can still simply just be an Illustrator or photographer? This also includes people that work with video right?

Also, I have spoken with a couple enlisted people who say stuff like that is extremely hard to get into because it's overmanned. However, I always see "Arts +Photography" and "News and Media" opportunities on job boards (Monster,Hotjobs) for the Navy. If they're not available why do they advertise it so much?

Answer 1

MC is tight at the moment because they are still working on the merger fallout. It is extremely difficult to get MC is a first termer right now.

you will start off as a generalist. whether pr not you can get specific NECs relating to illustrator will depend on your Command's needs.