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Comment by Karen(Nick's Mom) on October 17, 2011 at 6:37pm

Lisa(A-Mack's mom) My son has Sprint and we were able to talk without much problem when he first arrived.  He said the guys with Verizon have the most bars.  Sprint is spotty but does work.

Comment by lisab4 on October 17, 2011 at 4:15pm

Do we need to do a PM to talk about this?When did your son PIR?

Comment by Tammy (Gar's mom) on October 17, 2011 at 4:02pm

Lisab4- my son has been at DLI about a week and a half. His language hasn't changed, but his classes have somewhat. He was told that he would start classes mid- November. Now he is starting a class this week. It is supposed to be a dialect class. I know very little about languages, but it seems very strange to me... How can you learn a dialect before you learn the language? He is expecting it to be very intense and difficult.

Comment by I'm Laurie the Sailor's Mom! on October 17, 2011 at 2:52pm

Good advice, Debbie. It has been a year since we've visited--things change and, ahem, memories fail.

Just found these pages. Interesting site for the new ones, too.

http://www.monterey.army.mil/About/inc/pom_map.pdf

Theater, number 17 on the map, right by High Street gate, just like Dee said.

http://www.monterey.army.mil/About/gate_hours.html

And this will help too.

 

Thanks, for joining in with me in the excitement. I am beginning to feel like it is really going to happen. This has been a long road. . .

 

Comment by I'm Laurie the Sailor's Mom! on October 17, 2011 at 2:40pm

Thanks, Debbie and Dee for the ceremony logistical info. I feel like I have to have the morning pretty much scripted ahead of time since we may not have time for an error.

Comment by Lisa (A-Mac's mom) on October 17, 2011 at 2:39pm

Thanks, Dee.  "Voluntold"  I like it!!  That pretty much sums it up.

Comment by Lisa (A-Mac's mom) on October 17, 2011 at 2:33pm

That's what I understood, too.  I wanted to make sure, though, because sometimes you get bad info from the recruiters. You know how that goes.  Thanks for the clarification, Laurie.  My husband was a nuke, so the CTI stuff is sooo completely different for me.

 

Comment by I'm Laurie the Sailor's Mom! on October 17, 2011 at 2:29pm

Lisa, my son said that no matter what duty (sub, air, etc.) CTIs are attached to a base, unlike any other Navy personnel who are attached to a vessel. He said they go out on relatively short deployments and are flown from vessel to vessel as they are needed.

He was told the sub assignment might last a couple of years with actual in the sub time being about 6 months a year.

Dee, does this correspond to your son's experience?

Comment by lisab4 on October 17, 2011 at 2:05pm

Dee, Sounds like your son will be ducking his head a lot on the sub!

Did anyone's son/daughter get their orders changed during CTI? My son seems to have his timeline all figured out-unless the Navy changes it?

Comment by Lisa (A-Mac's mom) on October 17, 2011 at 1:58pm

That's good information, Dee.  Thanks.  I just knew he had to sign a form saying he volunteered for all before he could get CTI.  So my son told me on the phone the other day where he'll be stationed after DLI (based on his language).  Does that mean he may not necessarily be stationed there, or is that something you'd rather not answer on a public forum, Dee?

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