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

rory - Your son shouldn't need the clearance immediately. However, when he does, the Commanding Officer can authorize an "Interim" Top Secret clearance so he's enable for him to do his job. Everyones clearance takes a different amount of time.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/dod/don012607.pdf

My son is starting CTI A school soon. He got to CA yesterday. Does anyone here have a son or daughter just starting? I know there were others flying with him and some who were not. Their PIR from bootcamp was 7/23/2010. My son will be learning Korean.

Craig !!! just realized i mentioned your name on P-cola site ! OOPS ..

MOMS --- does anyone have son/daughter/husband/wife graduating Tomorrow at CTT "A" school ??? Wish i cud be there for my daughter... so bummed...
think she said she start "C" school Sept 23 .... ANYONE OUT THERE that has same ???
:(

miss my baby girl... :)

Linda, you should ask your daughter what NEC she will be earning. That way you can pretty much tell where she will be going. The NEC will be a four digit number. Once you find it out, I will show you where to look. You'll know more about the specialty than your daughter.

Craig -- i try... but she don't seem to understand what i'm talking about ! or just refuses to answer me which ticks me off !!

Willo ! OMG... yes please ! i'd sooo appreciate it ... idk about her "c" school thing tho.. she only enlisted for the 4 yr...

Craig ? my NEC was 2318 .. back in the day ... oh lord .. im old !!!!!!

Craig...thanks for the info...I'm sure my hubby and I will have lots of questions!
Just talked to the sailor...he sounds good...his sense of humor is as great as ever! Love just listening to him talk!

rory- I work with ~180 CTT's.... I totally understand their and all the other CT's jobs. So don't hesitate to ask anything you don't understand.

Linda- Since you were a Tech Control operator, just curious if you ever did the 60 miliamp shuffle by accidently touching the end of the patch cord? We had a guy that was thinking about something, and he accidently touched the patch cord to his lips. Man he lit up like a christmas tree... So funny!

BamaMom- can you tell me anything about the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday schedule? What my son was told seems a bit unusual for the Navy.

I spoke with him yesterday (he was checking to see if I had over-nighted his phone and computer. lol). He hasn't started school yet but loves it there already.

Dee (Spencer!) - sorry i goofed with the guidelines. I am new to this site so I am still learning. will try to do better

Wilo --- sent ya email ! Thanks !!! Imma want to cry ... so so proud ....

Craig ! LOL you know it !!! too darn funny ... i so loved those days.. both bases i was at overseas are now closed... shame.

Linda- Mine too, I was at Subic Bay Philippines, and Edzell Scotland. Both excellent bases, now closed. I sure miss wearing that kilt....j/k

Craig, I was @ San Miguel the comm base ..we use to go to Subic to party and I actually went to the other place .. i can't remember the name... My OIC in Exmouth Western Austrailia (Harold E Holt) was a Bubble head and use to talk about Scotland all the time... i gotta tell you this.. i'm so excited !! My daughter Grad from CTT "A" School this morn.. she took pic with the XO .. guess by her last name he asked her about my husband (her dad) They were ET's together!!! guess he went officer... How small of a world do we have ?? I was Ecstatic !! it made my day ! was bummed cuz i cudn't be there... unreal !!!! Thank you for all your gr8 info !! no patch cords no more, huh??? man, times change..

Dee... thank you.. imma proud mom ! ain't we all ???? gosh... small world..

Willo ... i'm soo appreciative.. :) Enjoy your weekend !!!!!!

Good morning all!
Craig...my husband & I have a questions.
Son has been in Pensacola a week, will be CTT. He is confused and know one can seem to find him an answer...he was not moved with other Cryptology seamen but was kept with Aviation group. Is this usually a space issue or another reason. There has been some speculation by "higher ups" but nothing concrete....thank you.

rory~ I am kind of confused with your post. Are you saying he was put at NAS P-cola for billeting (barracks)? I'm kind-of lost. Can you clarify your question...

Linda~ San Miguel.. Wow, now that was a cool duty station! Because the base housing at Subic was so full, we have people live in the base housing up there. One thing I found out about 3 years ago is that we now live our Navy veteran lifes through our kids. But us veteran have no since of reality. My son called up and told me "Dad, the barracks at Corry suck". I told him "You're crazy, those are nice barracks". Well, they were 30 years prior to that...-ha
I sure my nephew will be saying the same.....
Can't wait to see what NEC your daughter gets... Just wondering if she will be an EW (Electronic Warfare) or normal CTT. Weird when they combined EW and CTT now the sea duty is quite a bit....Does she want to go to sea?

Craig.. yea my daugters barracks were beautiful ! Nearly flipped ! i said you in Navy or Air Force ?? LOL . shocked to see she had an iron, ironing board etc ... things change..
San Miguel... best time ever! beach and all! loved going to Olongapo & watch the groups play their music! Sounded just like the real bands! At Cubi Pt i went water skiing and saw a Marine Herrier (spell ck) for the first time!! She has no clue and upset because doesn't know anything yet.. is this normal ? i know it's early for her orders but idk about her "c" school.. she wasn't even suppose to get a "c" school to our knowledge! she's just a 4yr ! I'll letcha know! makes me feel like i'm living it all over again.. sooo happy for her.. just hope she keeps her nose clean!

Sorry for the confusion, Craig...so new to this! lol! Yes,I believe my son thought he was going to Corry for Cryptology but he is still at barracks at NAS with an Aviation/flight team group from what I understand him to say...I could be wrong with my information. He is just finishing indoctrination since he just got their a week ago, so who knows. We realize it takes weeks to class up but thought he would be with other CT's. I know the "ship/address" and I believe it is NAS. He has spoke to a "commander" about this, but no one seems to know what is going on.

Linda~ You might appreciate this. For others, Olongapo Philippines, among other things, is known for cloning singers voices. There was a 70's group called "Journey". The lead singer was Steve Perry. Perry quit Journey to start a solo career. The band knew they were in trouble without Perry. They got a temporary singer who wasn't any good. So the group started scouring youtube and hired a company to find a voice "look alike" for Perry. Much like a DNA test, only identical twins come up with 100% matches. The company kept on coming up with a singer in Olongapo named Arnel Pineda who was 100% match. They flew to Singapore where he was now performing and found he was 100%. And now, Pineda is the lead singer for Journey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kxvHJAF0Ys

clockard - I bet you will see alot more CT sailors going thru indoc at NAS. My nephew is graduating with 14 divisions in boot camp on Sept 2nd. I've never seen that many division graduate. Corry just doesn't have the room for them, and what better place to do indoc while your just waiting....
http://www1.netc.navy.mil/nstc/rtcgl/upcoming_grads.asp
You kind-of knew I'd post a link didn't you? -ha

Thanks for the info...very interesting! My son's PIR on 7/23 initially listed 15 divisions graduating and ended up with 13. It was huge but wonderful! When I see the size of all of these divisions, I wonder where in the world they are all going to go!

Craig ....... Yea he's wicked good !! i saw him on Oprah too ! thought it was him when i was in th other room .. i ran out to see the tv and said "huh" ? LOL .. thanks. so cool ...

We say Journey 2 times in the early 80's and we loved Steve Perry. I'll have to check out the "new" guy!

Craig.... my daughter say all she know is it's "shipboard ops" .. not sure i like sound of that !! Oh lord ... :) what that all mean ? hate not knowing and it bugging her more than me !

Rory'smom ... hey swweettie ! :)

Pueo ... im so confused... just like she is ... the unknown is the worst... we have no idea.. thankyou for responding... trying to help her ... :)

Hey Linda...hope you had a good weekend...sounds like your daughter is doing good!

Linda, it sounds like she will become "ships company" on a ship. If she has a choice, instead of becoming ships company, she should go "Direct Support". DIRSUP is just so much better. I was a dirsup out of Subic, our T branchers were out of Kunia. Being DIRSUP you get all the good ports.

Craig.. ok.. i'll tell her :)
i wud've loved that !

Terrilynn, just wanted to congrats to you for holding up, and congrats to you son for being a true CT now. Beleive me, when you get to the field, then all the fun begins.

Terrilynn have you looked at these?
http://www.gordon.army.mil/
http://www.fortgordon.com/
http://www.mybaseguide.com/army/fort-gordon/
https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/ceninfodom/ftgordon/
http://www.fortgordonsignal.com/news/2010-02-19/News_Update/Navy_ho...

Hey, I'm spending alot of time over there at the div 297 section. But I always look at the "hours since last post" to see if there is any new post here. I truly thought Terrilynn already had all the stuff I previously posted, but looking at her post I knew she didn't.... So I thought I'd post some stuff for her....

Yea, its Sept 2nd... I wouldn't miss it for the world....

Janet ~ Have your daughter go to www.NavyDep.com She will learn alot about the Navy there....It's geared towards the deppers....

Janet ~ Have your daughter go to www.NavyDep.com She will learn alot about the Navy there....It's geared towards the deppers....

Clockard ~ Did he get the entire weekend off, or was he a Grad-n-Go?

Things are finally coming together for our son. Will transfer over to Corry on 27/28 and is being told CTN classes up Aug 30. Hope that is correct. Think he is tired of doing misc. work, although he seems to get jobs in AC in PC. Still waiting for the Feds to show up for the clearance.

Hi All...Janet, Dee & northchannel...don't get too comfortable thinking that the feds won't show up, I was told the same thing...my son graduated on 7/23, feds at his work that day and then they spent 40 minutes with me alone(!!!, hubby worked that day) on Monday 7/26 as well as our neighbors and his high school, and at least 4 of his friends contacted on 7/27, and then his other other jobs after that! I suppose it does depend on his job...CTT.

Thats for sure. He had plenty of non-related people listed as referrals as we have lived in the same place his whole life. They spoke to me before any of his friends or referrals and I just had to confirm 6 to 8 of them. I guess every agent is different also.

We were only home from PIR for 1 day when I was interviewed...was still pretty emotional...I didn't tear up until the agent asked if there was any reason he shouldn't be in the Navy...at that point I told him that "No sir, but the Navy is darn lucky to have him!"

How long is CTM school?

Thanks momofsailor, that does help me out alot. This is all so new and oh so fast. I'll get it together soon hopefully.

Woo-hoo CTM's......
Mom4Sailor, I'm a retired CTM...ask him what his NEC is (it's a 4 digit code), just curious what he's doing. Tell him he's luckly, I was in A and C school for 2.2 years before I was sent to the fleet.

Congrats Navy Mom Linda...my son graduated PIR 7/23 and is at NAS waiting to class up for CTT...so happy for you and your son!

OMG ! nothing on this site !! why ?? My baby is in CTT C school ... is anybody else's child ??? imma sad.......

Craig !!!!! you gotta be busy !!!! LOL !

willo !!! NO !!! i got her ticket for labor day wkend but now she say "mom, my chit not approved yet" !! Can i Slap her ????? LOL ... her car in bad shape.. needs new rotors and tires andit's an 07 ! Mom, i hate it !! im like ok, i let bank come and get it ! ... are they in same class ??? Prob ??? too funny ...

Linda... Actually, I'm over the the PIR 9/2 area now. The nephew is almost done...
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/ship4div291pir922010

clockard... i know... she just know how to get under my skin !!

Craig !!!! Good Luck to your Nephew !!!! awwww!!!! How Sweet it is !!!!

Clockard..... LMAO !!!! still waiting to hear if her leave chit approved... DRAMA..
i ordered a great welcome home banner for her... so excited !!!!!!!

HELP ! Does anyone know a N4M who is around the DC area ? It's for the sailor who passed away in Afgan !! The main lady on the P Cola site needs help ! Her name is Jacq .... it's her friend son who got KIA .. she needs help around DC area as she going to Arlington for the burial... God Bless Our Children! Robin is her stand in while she's taking care of business... Thank YOU !

OK.. i try and get with her.. Im not all up to date on this stuff.. b back !!!! TY

My son is about to finish up boot--PIR this week! HOOYAH!!
He is a CTI--so here I am =)

Does SuzieQ still monitor this thread? The reason I ask is it would be great if she could update the discussion forum are so you can see when new posts are actually being submitted. Also, to remove CTA and CTO's from the top. They have long been gone years ago.....