Katy Mac
Bio
MC1(AW) Kathryn E. Macdonald, a native of Naples, Florida, entered the U.S. Navy and reported to basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Il., in April 2009. After completing basic training she set off for the Defense Information School, at Fort George G. Meade, Md., for MC ‘A’ School where she learned how to tell the Navy’s story.
After completing MC ‘A’ School, she reported to USS Constitution, at Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., where she was the Deputy Public Affairs Officer, Social Media Director and Webmaster.
In 2012 she reported to the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, at NAS Pensacola, Fla. While at the Blue Angels, she performed many duties to include: Social Media Director, VIP Flight Coordinator, photojournalist, graphic designer, and public affairs specialist.
Following her tour at the Blue Angels she went back to the Defense Information School as an Instructor where she taught more than 100 accession level Navy Basic Mass Communication Specialist Course students in video-journalism and photojournalism yearly.
While at the Defense Information School, she was temporarily assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon as one of three Photojournalists to the Secretary of Defense. She documented events involving the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense for historical and news purposes.