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Comment by karen on June 18, 2014 at 8:13am

Hi MommyNavyWife.  My son is currently in A school for CTN.  His experience was:  He graduated from college in May 2013.  He took the ASVAB in early August.  He really wanted linguistics but missed the score cutoff.  They offered him a variety of other options (really pushing nuke) and he opted for CTN.  He had to wait until January to go to Great Lakes and didn't "class up" until April.  He's looking at graduating in November.  

As an aside - my brother runs internet security for a state university system.  He told me that the people he hires that are trained the best received their training from the military.  

Comment by goarmybeatnavy on June 17, 2014 at 6:31pm

Hi there I can give you some insight on my Sailors experience. He really wanted CTN when he went to enlist but there were no slots open at that time (Reserves by the way).  His recruiter talked him into just enlisting into anything, which I thought he was out of his mind to do, but he did and signed a contract for Yeoman.  This was in July 2013 and he was scheduled to ship out in January 2014.  His recruiter seemed confident that he would be able to switch him to a CTN slot before January.  He waited in DEP and was just starting to consider another rate when suddenly the first week of September his recruiter called and asked him if he would be able to ship in 2 weeks…they'd just had someone with the CTN rate drop out.  Needless to say he jumped at the slot, and shipped to Boot Camp September 19th.  Fast forward to now and he is still at A school …..graduating finally in about 2 weeks!!  Its been a long journey.  

I have to say tell your husband to possibly consider CTR….mine says while he enjoys the CTN rate (its what he does for a living on the civilian side) he said that CTR sounds like its a much more fun job and a less stressful school (they are all at Corry Station together).  Just depends on personal interests I'm sure, but something for your hubby to consider.  Good luck!

Comment by sammy1990 on June 17, 2014 at 5:21pm

have him take the test and see what scores he gets. it's OK to be locked in one job, but no recruiter will ever tell you that. he'll have to wait until meps has a slot, and that might be a long time... and they will want to sign you to ctr (etc) telling you they will flop the jobs around when one is available. that's up to him if he wants to do it. they still need recruits but the budget is small these days.

Comment by MommyNavyWife on June 17, 2014 at 1:44pm

Hi all. I'm new to this site, in hopes of finding more info and support. My husband is taking the ASVAB next week in hopes of qualifying for the CTN program. It's the only job he has any interest in, and we ran into some pretty severe discouragement with the recruiter on being job locked. I'm hoping to find out if anyone ran into a similar issue and if their sailor was able to get CTN anyways, or if we seriously need to possibly expand his job choices in order to even have a chance at CTN. I'm also interested in if anyone's sailor was able to rate transfer while in DEP to CTN. Really looking for anything recent in 2014/ late 2013, since apparently recruitment tactics is changing a heck of a lot.

Comment by spookmom (ship 14 div 367) on March 15, 2014 at 9:51pm

Wickwook, it's about 6 months long and fast paced.  Your son will be studying a lot.  They have after school study time with an instructor available if they need help.  If they don't keep a certain grade, the study time is mandatory.  They will have a little more freedom but have to earn it.  They are not allowed to leave base alone.  That's what it was like when my son was there (graduated June 2013). 

Comment by wickwook on March 14, 2014 at 9:54pm

So my son starts CTN school in a few weeks in FL.  I just wanted to know if its what you expected? And whats it like going to School in FL?

Comment by lacie on January 26, 2014 at 6:35pm

Hey Navywife+3. The Navy will move you to Pensacola while he goes thru school. It is a very difficult school so not everyone moves their families. Our kids and I moved down and it was very worth it. Yea, they're in class like 12 hrs a day and still have to study at home- but for us it was worth the move. It would have been harder for him to not have his wife and kids there to support him. Also, Pensacola is fun and my kids loved it. CTNs have limited duty stations but there are three in Norfolk VA. The other possible stations are in MD, HI, CO, GA, TX, FL, CA, and Japan. I also believe there is one in Italy but I'm not 100%. If you have any more questions let me know. Good luck to you guys and congratulations!

Comment by proudmom on January 26, 2014 at 2:22pm

Hi Navywife+3! My son is a CTN and did his training 2012. My son was in Pensacola from April through October. There were apts right outside of the base, literally looking at the base from the back yards. My son said some of the guys had families that were living there. I know there are certain phases that they have to go through before they can start spending time with you. CTN schooling is very tough and requires a lot of study time so some families wait until after A-school to join their sailor so that they don't distract them. My son has been stationed at Fort Meade, MD and some of his fellow sailors had went to Texas, Hawaii and I think Colorado. It does appear that the job market is really good for this rate. I am just speaking from our experience but I am sure some of the other moms or wives can give you more information as well.

Comment by momoffour(Ship 11 div 119) on December 10, 2013 at 12:24am

My son is at ft Meade, has been for a few years now except for six months in Afghanistan. He works off base and seems to like it. Hates the traffic if he has to get near DC. He will be leaving there spring or early summer.

Comment by carolina Lynne on December 9, 2013 at 8:58pm

My son is at Goodfellow AFB in Tx- C school- arrived mid Sept. Just got pinned today - promoted to Petty Officer 3rd class, along with several others from his program. They should finish mid Jan, and then will be going onto Ft Mead, Maryland.  In his case, A school in Pcola lasted around 3month, very short wait time to class up, and only about 10 day wait for C school to start. Anyone with info/details about Ft Meade?

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