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Comment by marla.rae on April 10, 2013 at 9:57pm

Thanks Mary. Yes, I have heard that the less they have, the better. Do they have access to a refrigerator & stove, or are all meals prepared for them? I,m just trying to get an idea of what to expect.

Thanks again for the info.

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on April 10, 2013 at 8:49pm

Once she is at DN she can have her cell phone, laptop, and other electronics. You can also go ahead and send come civvies and she will be told when she can start wearing her own clothes in the evenings/weekends. When my son first went there he was able to have them at the beginning of the second week but I think they have changed some of the phasing up privileges since 4 years ago. 

Someone can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I think she can have her own bed linens and pillow or she can use the standard issue. The less she can get by on while there the better. Our kids used to have to move from dorm to dorm every once in a while and it's a lot to haul from one building to another. It's that much more to bring home at the end, and you will be surprised how much many of them "collect" while there. Also everything must be in ship shape each day. They have regular room inspections and EVERYTHING must be put away and folded, and neat. In school or on ship, the rule is "less is more".

Stay tuned to your PIR group and they can probably give you more current info on what she can get from you at the airport after PIR. Her recruiter may also be able to get that info for you.

Congrats on soon getting a sailor.

Navy hugs to all!

Comment by marla.rae on April 10, 2013 at 7:02pm

Hello,

My daughter will be graduating boot camp on May 3rd, 2013 and then on to A school at Dam Neck. I would like to know what she will need while she is there and what is supplied in regards to living quarters and meals.  I am open to any and all suggestions. Thanks!

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on April 7, 2013 at 7:57am

Oh Laura! I think you are right! BarbRags, I stand corrected. Basically it is a very small base and so long as it gets directed to IS A school, it will go to the schoolhouse building.

Comment by Laura on April 7, 2013 at 2:58am

I believe I wrote it as "ISSN Smith, John".

Tell your sailor good luck in "A" and "C" school!

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on March 27, 2013 at 2:04pm

If I remember correctly I used SA (Seaman Apprentice). I believe he told me that since they were going to be specialists, they were technically apprentices at school, no longer recruits. Wow, it's been 4 years since he was at DN. He and his wife just left last night for their final leg before going home to Japan. I won't get to see him now for possibly two years. I already miss them. :-(

Comment by BarbRags on March 27, 2013 at 8:07am

Good morning Moms. When addressing something to your Sailor at "a" school. Do I use Seaman or IS last name first name. Thank you.

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on March 11, 2013 at 7:19am

sailorwifenmom is right, that's pretty much what OPINTEL does. Individual groups are responsible for different pieces of information, and at the end of the shift (or more often if needed) they turn in their reports and then the OPINTELs go to work sifting through the info and creating a report.

Sometimes the "presentation" is formal but small. I have a pic of my son from facebook where he was briefing or debriefing a pilot commander one day. They were just standing in a room looking over the report together. It's not always standing in front of a RADML, or ship's CO and XO, giving an actual powerpoint presentation to a group of 10 or 20 officers. 

Other areas of INTEL operate similarly but they are more specialized and don't always have access to what other IS groups are doing. OPINTEL takes from all of them and figures out how it all goes together, then reports it.   

Comment by sailorwifenmom on March 10, 2013 at 11:14pm

Tonya,

While of course the job is going to be different depending on what their specific duty station and pay grade is, here's a description of the Rate overall that might help you sort of picture what they do, in a very unclassified way.  You know when you are watching a movie, and they show that briefing room with the Sailor (well, any branch, but this is a Navy page, lol) standing up there, giving the Intel brief to all the important people in the room, who then, based on that info, decide what their plan is going to be?  Well, those are the IS's :-)

Basically they are the ones that take the various Intel reports provided by all the other Intel Rates and compile them into one overall view of the situation and present it to the people who then have to decide what to do about it, and answer any questions they might have about the Intel provided, allowing the powers that be - whether it's a Department Head, a CO, an Admiral, or even higher, to make informed choices.

And to give you an idea of how IS's (and all the Intel Rates, for that matter) will tell you a lot about what they do, and sound very impressive while doing it, while revealing absolutely nothing (since it is classified, after all) - here's the "blurb" from one of my husband's cruise books, describing the Division that the IS's were in...

"Intelligence Specialists conduct imagery and analysis and evaluate adversaries for use in strike targeting.  They also provide vital indications and warning to defend the carrier strike group."  (Taken straight from the unclassified USS Lincoln Cruise Book, Operation Enduring Freedom, 2008 edition.) 

Aside from that, it's a good job to have, with pretty good advancement opportunities, all in all :-)

Comment by Tonya on March 8, 2013 at 2:57pm

Thank all of u for helping me out I understand he will not be able to tell me very much and i am ok with that as long as i know he is ok and he and his roomies did get there own internet so i know he will be happy with that.

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