Cryptology ~ CTI ~ CTM ~ CTN ~ CTR ~ CTT ~ CWT Corry Station Pensacola Florida and Monterey California

My daughter has PIR this Friday!  Can't wait to see her and then she's off to school in Pensacola!  She (we) is so excited, so proud and so happy!! 

My sailor needs to ship his vehicle out of state to Ft. Gordon, GA. Does anyone know of a reputable company to use? Any suggestions?

I also received an email from newnavymom1994. I cannot find it here. If she is reading this please contact your son's command. 

SR Grandma-  We used Montway Auto Transport and had no problems.  A few other that I know used them too.

I just had to re-join Navy for Moms and try to find my groups. Aaarrrggghhhh!!! All my content, pictures, everything - GONE. I post on one group or another at least weekly. In what universe does that qualify as inactive?

I had created a private group which I now cannot access! Not sure if my friends there will be able to "invite" me to join my group again.

When I joined Navy for Moms (the first time!) there were about 2,000 members. Yes, it was MANY years ago.

Sorry, proudmom, I gave you bad advice ten days ago when I said you should be good since you had just commented.

I apologize for the rant, but I really am furious about this. If my experience helps anyone here avoid the same thing, that's great, but I'm really not sure what anyone can do to prevent it.

http://www.duffelblog.com/2017/04/signals-intelligence-analyst-inve...

Hmm, I was sure I saw a question from here about graduation gift ideas. Don't see it now, but we got our son a nice watch for his gift, then a laptop after he got settled at Corry Station.

Anyone know how the pipeline works for AEF-CTT?  I read the job card: 5 weeks prep school, 7 week A school then the possibility of additional schools. Did I remember that correctly and if yes, who determines additional schools?  Request? Class standing? 

TIA

herNavymom, your sailor is going to be your best source of information.  They will be able to give you the details on school and how long.  

My son just arrived at CS.   He said he's having to learn how to be a "person" again after BC.  LOL!  He is excited to begin school.

Hi, Lisa - welcome to the group! We went to PIR because that's such a big deal and we hadn't seen him for such a long time, but we did not go to his CTN "A" school graduation. I did go to his promotion to second class. I guess it's just an individual decision.

I didn't make my son's A school ceremony either, but my sister who lived close by went and took a video. It was a short ceremony basically like in a church building and just called out the names and handed out the certificate and a hand shake. There weren't very many families there. Maybe you can get some one to send pictures, and save your time for visiting when leave is available 

So proud of my CTI sailor. She graduated from DLI in  Feb and is doing settling in at her first duty station.

Hi all! My SR is in bc right now and has just switched his job from Nuke to CTR. He failed the eye test at boot and was declared inelligible for Nuke- he's partially colorblind but passed the test at meps. Anyway, he seems to be excited about this change. Any information you can tell me about what the job is would be great. He didn't have much time to explain to me on the phone today. ;)

Momma V7, My oldest is a Nuke, my middle son signed a CTN contract 2 weeks ago. He doesn't leave for booth until July (has to graduate HS first). Top 2 smarty jobs in the military.

Lazerguppie, my son also signed a CTN contract and also leaves for boot in July.  He really wanted Nuke and easily tested into it but his colorblindness kicked him out.  He's excited about the CTN role though.  I wonder if our future sailors will brush shoulders at some point?

Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent was laid to rest today at Arlington National Cemetery.  She was a Navy cryptologist and one of four Americans that was killed in Syria on January 16th.  Fair Winds and Following Seas

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navy-cryptologist-killed-in-syria...|3

Hey there!  My boy will be heading to Corry in May.  What day / time did your flights head out to Pensacola from Boot camp (recently) for CT folks?  Saturday or Sunday?  Trying to plan it all out.

My CTN is at Corry now. She arrived at O'Hare at 4:00AM on Saturday. Her flight out was before noon. Many parents have answered this on FB. Some flew out of Midway, some flew out on Sunday from either airport. Some were held for a week or longer at GL until their lower level clearance was satisfied.  I understand this non-answer is difficult for planning. Keep it as flexible as you can. 

Hello, any moms of CTR graduating next week (05/14/19)? simply wondering if anyone knows what is next. thought my son might get leave however apparently he has another schooling - didnt exactly sound like C school as he explained.  

Good afternoon, 

Any moms of a sailor who DORd from 800 division then went CTI? Wondering how it has gone. Thank you!

Lorene

Hi, not sure what DOR'd is but yes, my son was in a similar situation. Feel free to message me. 

HI Mellisa, I hope you are in the bootcamp group, it is super helpful

Can anyone tell me what Augusta is like? Sounds like a major change from Monterey...lol

Hi, my son is in boot camp and will be a CTM.  I know there are only a few in the fleet...any CTM moms on here?  Thank you!

Welcome Michele! My son has been in Monterey 9 months now. It's very beautiful down there, although classes have all been online except for a scant two week period. Does he know what language yet?

Arabic!  If it's Korean, I believe he may end up in Hawaii, which will be fabulous for visits :-)

Hello...My son is graduating bootcamp at the end of this month then heading out to DLI Monterey - he was assigned Chinese but wanted Russian :-)

Questions - from everything I read Boot Camp graduations are still cancelled and available online, is this still correct?  

With the DLI being very difficult, (again from everything I've read) is there a good time to visit him? Are we even allowed to visit?

I'm so new to this military life that my head is often spinning with all the information so I apologize for my ignorance. He is 20 YO and got engaged before he left for bootcamp. They've been dating for 3 years and now would like to rush getting married so she can go out to Monterey with him. His father and I think he needs to get out there first, wait about 6 months to see how everything is going then see what happens. Are we wrong for thinking this? I just think he's rushing life and needs to concentrate on himself and school for the next 2 years. 

Thank you for any advice!!! <3

Good morning Divided_Duo!  My son is 23 and currently at DLI Monterey, graduating in Oct for Arabic. We live 1.5 hrs away and it has been incredible to be able to see him as often as he'd like to come. Last year he was under lockdown (Covid) and was unable to see us. Now he could come home any weekend he isn't on duty, but the visits are about once a month now, as he's established friends and interests there.

I would say yes, it is incredible difficult for at least the first 6 months. And my son had to do it via Zoom - 6 hrs a day of instruction, watching it on a laptop. It was awful. They're back in person now, and he's doing well, but they are literally drinking out of a fire hose. There is 6 hours of instruction and 2-3 hours of homework a night, and I don't know if a wife would be helpful/hurtful; I suppose it depends on the wife! I don't know details of if wives are allowed, etc. They are grouped in rooms by language and by branch of service. Sorry I couldn't be of more help!

Hi Lorene -

Thank you so much for the information - It is very helpful, we are from Ohio so we may be earning some frequent flyer miles :-) Congratulations to your son, that is fantastic! 

Honestly I don't know how she will be, when he was in college he would put off doing assignments because she was there. He still did very well, but I don't think this is going to be like college :-)

Thank you again for responding - Have a wonderful day! 

Hi Divided_Duo - I'm not familiar with the program your SR is going in to but I can confirm that as of right now there are NO live PIR's (graduations) from boot camp.  They are hoping to open them back up soon but as of now RTC says it won't be happening for any of the July PIR's.  Fingers crossed maybe it will happen in August.  Your best bet is to join the boot camp group - I left the link in the welcome message on your page - and you can find more up to date info there regarding PIR.

As far as them getting married that might not be able to happen as quickly as they would like either.  He will need to get to Monterey, get situated, and then he would need to get permission from his command to get married.  Once he gets there his command will be able to answer questions as to the best way to handle that.  And again, it might be better if they just wait a bit since he will be so busy with school.  But, try to tell that to young love lol!

AntiM is a good person on here that could probably answer your questions about them getting married.   Maybe she'll see this and respond.

Hi again Divided_Duo - I don't know about the in-person PIR, but graduations will resume at Monterey Aug 5, per their FB posts I have just seen (and confirmed by my son in Monterey). This won't affect you for a while, but shows that life is getting back to normal - yay!

I just spoke to my son regarding married life at DLIFLC. He said that they'd be in much better housing and get more money lol, but don't know about the whole permission thing. It is super beautiful down there, but much colder than you think. We recently had a heat wave here in the bay area where it was close to 100, and there with the fog, it was 60. Kinda like SF - we can spot the tourists because they're wearing tank tops and their lips are blue with cold :-)

It is an absolutely stunning location!

Total non-sequitur, my son says that the men he meets from Ohio are the absolute best people he's ever met. Salt of the earth. One of the best things about the military is that he's able to meet so many men from other parts of the country!

Hi Divided_Duo! My son is at DLIFLC with his wife. They have a great apartment that is off base but really close. (Monterey Pines is the complex.) They dated for years and got married by a judge over Thanksgiving break so that she could go out there with him. The studying at DLI is intense, so if she goes, his wife would have to understand that when he is not in school, he may still be working at home studying. There are other military couples in their complex, so she was able to make some friends - it helped.  The area is absolutely beautiful - always feels like early spring or early fall to me. 

Lorene, I am more than a little jealous that you live so close and can see your sailor on weekends! For us it is a full day of pricey flying...  :(

Glad to hear that they are resuming in person graduations! :D 

Have a great day everyone!

Just curious if this group is still active, my son is about to leave for boot camp and enlisted as CTR.  Curious about the dos and don'ts of being the mom of a "spook"

TravelAddictedNavyMom, it is as active as those who use it. Often seeing an uptick when a mom like you need answers.

The most important thing I can share is found in OPSEC Guidelines: https://navyformoms.ning.com/group/ctratemoms?xg_source=activity#:~...

Good morning!  Anyone else in the group currently have a Sailor in A school at Corry for CTR?

CWT question: My son will choose his job soon and is thinking CWT. Is this the right group? I know it's a new name and seems to be in cryptology/ intelligence. 

If I'm in the right place, can anyone who is already a CWT comment on what the job is actually like?