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Comment by Bookster on March 16, 2015 at 9:03pm

I would love the answer to that as my son is CTM and I have no idea what length to expect the deployments to be.

Comment by KLSchisler on March 16, 2015 at 7:27pm

Hi there, my husband is wanting to cross rate to the Cryptology world but unsure which exact rate. Hes favoring CTMs right now. My questions are #1 Would the family be able to move with him? I know you go to school in Florida but not sure if hes able to take us with him.  #2 What are the deployments like? We are on a submarine (boomer) so hes only deployed for a few months at time. I have no idea what the deployment schedules are like for a surface ship, even more so as a CTM, or CTR, CTN, etc. #3. What rate would you recommend? We were looking into CTN but heard its difficult and theres no reenlistment bonus for zone A but you hardly get deployed and live in Japan, Hawaii, etc which would be nice is that true? Any helpful tips or advice would be much appreciated!

Comment by Craig on March 7, 2015 at 2:48am

He needs to double check. Most will say a BS, however it will say xx in lieu of a degree. Have him check RayJobs.com. They just had a big hiring effort. In the meantime, I'm betting he didn't complete his 5 year update prior to getting out. He needs to take a part time job, even as a janitor, to keep that access active. With most companies he wouldn't be in it for long since he then can apply for internal reqs. He also might want to consider active reserves. It's a great gap filler while looking for a job...

Comment by idahojeep on March 7, 2015 at 1:23am

Craig thanks for that link.  One of my twin CTRs is out as of last Sept. and it appears that many of those jobs require BS or Masters.  Pretty hard to have gotten that and still have an active TS/SCI clearance if you only were in 4 years.  Any other thoughts?  

I do have a friend who just left L-3 Communications after 12 years and my son is meeting an HR rep from that company.

Comment by Craig on March 7, 2015 at 12:31am

Barbara - we can't hire enough CTR's. Any major contractor needs them. Just go to www.clearancejobs.com and search "SBI" or look for "Signals Analyst".

Comment by barbara the artist's mom on March 5, 2015 at 7:54pm

Just wondering if after the Navy service is there any where trained as a CTR could be used in the civilian world?

Comment by CryptoDad on February 15, 2015 at 4:49pm

SCIF - Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

HA! The only thing my CTR has told me about her work space aboard ship, the SSES, is that they have a disco ball hanging from the overhead.

Comment by Cindysch319 on February 14, 2015 at 2:28pm

He couldn't say too much, only that they couldn't do much because they did not have their individual computer accounts set up yet. I talked to him during lunch break. Sounded like everything was going well, so far...

Comment by Bookster on February 13, 2015 at 7:51pm

@cindy. That is so interesting! I thought you had the PIR year wrong since my sons was november 2014 :-)
Is he renewing his contract now that he is CTM or only finishing it out? Has he said how class was today? I have not spoken to my son yet today.

Comment by Cindysch319 on February 13, 2015 at 6:03pm

Hi to all the other CTM moms! My son is just starting A school today, but has beem in the Navy for over 2 years. His PIR was Nov. 2012. He was deployed with the Kearsarge LHD-3 till september and then ported in Norfolk until about 2 weeks ago. He is looking forward to his CTM rate, but is a little anxious about classes. Glad to read all about A school and about your experiences in supporting your sailors!

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