Comment

Comment by LornaJ (Ship 3 Div 81) on September 15, 2011 at 8:18pm

My son graduated CTN school last Thursday (2nd in his class of 17). We are so very proud of him and can not wait to see him when he comes home on leave for 2 weeks. GO NAVY!!

Comment by Beachyblonde on August 19, 2011 at 11:40am

Hey everyone! I posted a while back about my husband and myself heading to P'Cola for A & C school. We're here now and pretty much all settled in!
I just wanted to say that I second what Sandy posted about her daughter's advice! It's what my husband said too! In fact, your daughter might be in my husband's class! haha

Comment by Sherblond on August 18, 2011 at 9:55pm

Hi this is sherblonds husband just wanted to thank everyone for the words of incouragment to my wife and son got a call from him tues all excited he got a 90 on his first test on to section 2 feeling a bit better .... It was probably a good thing to put a scare into him he rarely did homework or studied in HS and did very little in college and did fine ...He is in a good study group and studies every night now ..The best thing he said was he likes what he is doing and will continue to work hard

Comment by prov2324mom on August 15, 2011 at 9:55pm

Wow,

 All these posts are bringing back memories of my son's long 6 months in JCAC. We did a lot of praying and what a happy day when he graduated!!!!

Today he finally started his actual job at the NSA. I haven't talked to him yet. I'm anxious to hear about it. (at least what he can tell me)

 I'm posting a pic of his last temp duty yesterday, color guard at the Orioles game at Camden Yards. They had a great time and were wined and dined in a sky box called the Flight Deck. He holding the American Flag. All four are CTNs.

Comment by Chimelle 3/149 on August 15, 2011 at 9:36pm

Today my son is 1/2 way through JCAC! He's really loving it, though it's been difficult. Many have been dropped from his class, including several of his friends. He had a hard time emotionally, about a month ago I'd say, watching all of them drop. The class size has stabilized the last few weeks so he's feeling better about it all. He keeps on studying hard and we keep praying him through. He says some modules have been harder for him than others, and some instructors more helpful, but overall he's ok. I can't wait for this part to be over for him so he can get on to the job.

Comment by ActiveDutyCTN on August 15, 2011 at 8:13pm

Just going to say I second sandy's comment about *study nightly...not matter what. I went through the old A and C schools, but know a couple that went through JCAC. Not to add to the stress levels, but a sailor and an airman said that out of about 20 students to begin, about 13 dropped from each of their classes. Those that did were the majority that didn't study and thought they knew it all going into the class so they didn't stop the instructor to get answers, didn't do the assessments, and weren't serious until it was too late.

Comment by mplunkert on August 15, 2011 at 6:58pm

Thanks Sandy,  that was a help!  I will forward the info on to him so he can start off strong.

Comment by mplunkert on August 15, 2011 at 3:41pm

My son just arrived at Corry Station a couple of days ago.  He is waiting to class up which looks like it could take weeks.  I've heard the program is intense with high fail rate.  Any pointers for a newbie with little technical experience?

Comment by RED (Ship 11 Div 317) on August 15, 2011 at 1:43am

My son is still in boot camp, starting week #3. After PIR he's going to A school in pensacola. I'm here to find out as much about CTN as possible. I really have no idea what kind of job he's gonna have with that.

Comment by Craig on August 12, 2011 at 7:11pm

btw:  Here is the USS Stark...  May these sailors Rest in Peace....

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• …
• 25
• 26
• 27
• 28
• 29
• …
• 91
• Next ›
• Page