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BTSMOM she needs to let her teacher know and they will let her go. My son went to the dentist many times. 

Darrad, Sounds familiar. My son did the same thing. The only difference is that we found out about the wedding after the fact.

Darrad, Sounds familiar. My son did the same thing. The only difference is that we found out about the wedding after the fact.

Hi everyone ! Not sure when my son will be coming to Pensacola but he was told last week his CTR classes start on 4-1... Really appreciate all the great info posted on the group page !  I was hoping to visit him in DC where he is stationed now but not sure how much longer he will be there... Can anyone tell me exactly how long CTR school is and do they ever have time off for family to visit ? Thanks in advance ! 

harpistmom, it was almost like that for us. He called me Thursday night at 1:30am to tell me that his fiance is on her way and they are going to the JP that day!! OK...well. So now he's married and heading to Hawaii in two weeks. Wow!

my sailor was in A school from March to the beginning of July. We visited on most of the holidays (Easter, Memorial Weekend, and his graduation the first week of July). They all fell on weekends that he didn't have watch. School was very stressful and he enjoyed family visits. He ended up getting C school in P'cola and so we also went on Labor Day Weekend. :)  We enjoyed the A school graduation very much. It isn't anything like PIR.  It was small and family oriented.

darrad, Have you met his new wife yet? How old is your son? Best wishes to them!

Hi sunshine73, was your son going to A school for CTR ? 

Hey vet moms!!!!  Woo-hoo... I can finally talk again...   My wife and I have been in Asia (we still are), me doing business things, and she doing a medical/dental mission.  After my business things were over, I was able to reconnect with my wife on the medical/dental mission providing care to the people that everyone forgets in the poorest of the poor in the Philippines.  We have seen and provided service to over 4000 people.  Luckily, PIRGIFTS.com provided some of the funding for the meds and ancillary items to make it a success. We had 6 UD Doctors, and 9 US Dentist.  It was really hard on both because they had to use primitive tools to do the job.  I just wanted to thank those that have purchased the boot camp challenge coins from PIRGifts.com,  My job was the teach kids how to brush their teeth.  Most haven't ever seen a toothbrush.  Being the only white guy, the kids really listened well, and asked soooo many questions just to practice their English.  

It truly amazes me how I lived for the past 3 weeks, Here is some pictures.  All the services provided were on a basketball court.  It's amazing to see what we had done will such limited resources.

harpistmom, yes we did meet her over the Christmas holidays. My son is 22 years old and I think she is 24. He met her in November when she came to Cory Station to visit a friend who is stationed there. Just so happens...she only lives like an hour from our house! I hope everything works out..went a little too fast for us! :)

Believe me, your last sentence pertains to our situation as well, particularly the part about it "went a little too fast." I couldn't understand what the big rush was.

sammy, Congratulations on your successful marriage and best wishes for many, many more happy years together!

I would have been MUCH more relieved if there had been an 8 month courtship in my son's situation: the details are sketchy, but it seems he may have known her two months and dated her about 3  weeks before they ran off and got married. I don't understand why these sailors feel the need to get married right after they finish school. I'm sure that last sentence will generate some comments! :)

Seems a common theme with our sons / daughters getting married all too soon. I too was in that situation- My son married all too soon for me too...must be a military thing because so many of them do this quickly. He knew his wife a year before, but mostly a long distance relationship during that time as well. Good to hear from others it has lasted for some!

I would feel alot better if my sailor would have dated her for 8 months also! I think whats actually driving this rush is the fact that he is being assigned to Hawaii for the next 3 years and they can't handle the separation so they had to rush around and get married so she could go. I just hope they don't go and throw a baby in the mix...! :)

I totally agree, darrad! I could have written those words myself. I got the impression that the girl was putting pressure by implying that she was not willing to wait around - didn't like long-distance relationships. Three weeks is just not long enough to get to know someone.

Dee- how sweet-  My son and his wife are expecting a daughter this July 4th!!  Will be my first Grandchild!!!!  so excited.

harpist mom, when did your son get married? And where is he stationed?

November, Hawaii.

Glad to hear things that you like the girl and that everyone is happy!

KC's Mom- yes- we just have to let go ... and support them when they make these decisions for their lives... I advise, I express how I feel- and then let go. It is hard being a Mom ! I am happy he is happy- and leave them to God.

Craig, That is so great of you and your wife helping them out.  I'm thankful for my nice dentist chair and pain killers!!

Well my son got married last Friday and I still haven't met her parents. ha KC's mom: I would be afraid of that also!! lol. We have to go meet the parents this weekend and I am so nervous. I will have my boyfriend (of 8 yrs) on one side of me and my ex husband on the other! Weird !!

Just wondering. Does anyone know if there are CTR C schools at other bases besides Pensacola?  I heard there is but i have not been able to track down the info.

My son had a C school at Pensacola and another in Hawaii. His friend had one in Texas.

Thanks!  Maybe my son will get Hawaii and then i can go visit! 

Hi, I have a question, pls... My son is going to CTR school, called A school, what is C school for CTR? is it a specialty school that takes the training a step further? Just wondering how all this works ! If so, how do you get to go to C school? Does everyone if they want to after A school ? thanks ! 

I love doing it Sue....  CT's are where it's at.....My son is almost done with his time in the Navy.  The civilian companies are already interviewing him just waiting for him to get out....

Arkansas - A lot of people don't understand the meaning of "A" and "C" school.  So let me explain and give you a little background about what a "C" school is. 

Lets say you want to learn to be an auto mechanic, that school would be considered an "A" school.  You are learning the basics.  Now suppose you want to be an auto mechanic that specializes on Corvettes.  Well you still need the basics, but now you need another school to learn Corvettes.  That school would be like a "C" school because now your not just a plain old auto mechanic, now you are a specialist. 

Same as the Navy.  You learn the basics in "A" school, then you go to a "C" school to learn a special skill.  When you go to a "C" school, you are assigned a Navy Enlisted Code (NEC) that tells everyone what your specialty is.  To find all the schools offered, you can go to this link:

http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/nec/NECOSVolII/Docu...

To give you an example how this works, lets use CTR for an example.  Wait for that PDF to load.  Use Ctrl-F and search for CTR.  Keep scrolling down and look for "Source rating CTR"  (remember electronics has the letters CTR in it so you will get a lot of hits).  The main groups of CTR start about 9105, but they're (CTR) throughout the whole manual.   You can even see that CTR's are doing OS, ET, and other rating jobs.  These NEC number (four digit example 9105 or 9131)  are always listed in numerical order.  

Does that make sense?   

Hi, tks so much Craig, great info, so appreciate it ! 

Joy - The military is downgrading everything, however, intel continues to grow.  Intel is where it's at.  We always need intel.

Companies must still follow the sequestration rules, and they can't hire until the new fiscal year comes about.  This is the same way it been done for 35 years with the budgets.  They tell us in March that there is no more money, so we must hold all purchase orders until October (new fiscal year).  Then when 1 October comes around we order everything.  The money runs out again in March, we are told to hold our orders until October, then purchase everything again in October..... the cycle continues.... So yes, my son will need to wait until October to get hired, but when that comes, it will be pushed through since he has everything already submitted.  He is just in a "hold" pile.    He is keeping all his options open, and may stay in the Navy, but I hope he doesn't.  There is just too much money to be made on the outside as a CTN.

Thanks for the info, Craig.  Our son has a couple more years as a CTT but will be looking at the civilian companies too.  

In the discussion forums there is info on 4 year and 6 year CTT.  The big difference is that 6 year will have C school which means they are at Corry about 18 months.  They also get to E4 when they get done with school.  My son is a 6 year CTT on his first deployment so far so good.

Dina - Just like cinder said, there is a lot of info in the above discussion area.  The main difference is the 6 year guys are extremely educated on electronics and signal spectrum's   The 4 year guy are just the operators of the equipment (ie the 6 year guys can operate and repair).  

Dina - I'm confused.  Are you saying he's already in the Navy? It sounded to me like he isn't even in yet.  Do tell...

Jeremy - They are not segregated, within reason.  Sure there are special programs that are kept separated from the rest, but it's a whole CT team, not just the CTR rating.  I think what you're hearing is "CT's" in general are kept separate fro the rest of the sailors.  This is true.  CT's work behind vault doors while on ships.  Everyone on the ship wonders what goes on behind those doors.  Little do they know, it's usually us playing "hearts" or "spades" card games when were off duty at sea.

Just had some exciting news...our CTT just received the Navy and Marine Achievement medal (NAM) for work on the system during deployment. He was "loaned" to this ship  4 weeks ago and has worked nonstop. Will be stepping off for the first time today for a break in Rome! He is hoping to get back to his own ship soon, but says still a lot of work to be done. Having struggled all through high school, he is thriving in the Navy.

Congrat to you rorys, and your sailor....Woo-hoo!....

Wow! That is great congrats to him.  It is so nice to see our sons and daughters that didn't like school being so successful.  It just goes to show that everyone has a talent and they  just need to find the right place.

I will brag a little on my son as well. CTI in Monterey, he is in the top 10 in his class and was chosen for total immersion training in a foreign country for a month. So excited for him. He is excelling as well. Yea for the Navy....it works for him.