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

The interviews for TS started about a week before he PIR.  I heard that Angie's son got his clearance last week and our sons graduated the same time.  My son hasn't heard anything.  From what I hear you can be waiting for class 6 mos.  My son has volunteered for a couple of things already and had alot of fun.  I would definantly take the shuttle to PIR they drop you off right next to the graduation and pick you up there.  He was like all sailors just getting out of BC wanted a shower, new watch, phone, hang out at the mall, went to a movie.  He was very appreciative that we came all the way from CA for him.  It was kind of funny didn't really want to make choices.  He said after 2 mos. of being told what to do he had a hard time of making decisions. LOL

My son's TS is still being worked on also. They called me on friday.  My son wanted pretty much the same thing after PIR. A shower by himself, boxer briefs, a movie and we stopped at a guitar shop so he could play guitar for about an hour. Mine wanted sushi so we found an all you can eat one that the sushi rode around on little boats. It was kinda cool.

Have a safe trip Craig!

mumzie- my son is CTM and been there 3 weeks and no class. Some have waited up to 6 months we have heard.

Lidsterzoo- Yes you can visit. Just want to make sure it is not there duty weekend and wait until they are at least phase 2. Phase 3 would be better as then they can check out on friday and not be back until sunday  night. 

I think they picked the wrong season to go to BC....Great Lakes in the middle of winter and now the heat of summer in Floirda    I keep telling my son he should of done it the other way around!

My son must be getting used to the humidity!  He said it wasn't so damp there today!lol.

He also bought a scraper to scrape out the freezer as the humidity keeps building up the ice every week!  I have never defrosted the freezer I have in Colorado as it is so arid!  

Hey all,

I'm at the Navy Lodge in Pensacola.  Tomorrow is picture day.  I want to take alot of pictures of NAATC since I don't have any of that base for the CTT and CTM's I help on my website.  Tomorrow we (my daughter and I) will stay at Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville hotel on Pensacola beach.  Cost $220 per night, but what the hell, you got to have fun every once in a while....

Only here for 2 days, so it should be fun....

@Cinder  when are you planning to visit?   Im trying to figure that out now

@himmiemom   When I talked with my son last nite, they said they turned on the AC yesterday

He also said its been rumored that he may class up on Monday   I havent quite decided if I like that or not   I guess Im being selfish and wanting to delay him being stateside as long as possible   Its just safer for a mom to have her son in Florida  

I am going to visit the weekend of May 6th. Just got the hotel booked and staying at the Navy Lodge. My son sounded excited for us to visit.

Mine also complained about the bathroom when they got there. Thought they had some very messy roommates on the other side of the bathroom. Come to find out there was no one in the other room and the previous tenants had left the bathroom a big mess. So him and his roomy had to clean it. The funny thing is couldn't get him to clean his bathroom at home either. LOL

Craig...so jealous that you are at Navy Lodge on NAS! I just loved the 6 days I spent there! 

Sailor is doing well in CTT C school. He is trying hard to keep grades up. He is also hoping for orders to San Diego.  He joined a softball team on base who will compete against Marines, Air Force, Army, CTR's, etc. Sounds excited.  Glad he's keeping busy!

rory - What a surprise we had this morning.  We had no idea the Blue Angels practiced on Wedsdays and Thursdays.  So at 0800 those planes started up, and the Navy Lodge must be really close to the runway because those planes sounded so close. We usually sleep until 10am, but not today.  It really reminded me of the movie "My Cousin Vinny"....

Anyways, you should see this "Margaritaville" hotel.  Wow, is it nice.  You walk in, and the view is all windows of the ocean.  Our room is on the 6th floor facing the ocean.  So tonight the balcony door stays open to the waves splashing...

The only problem is they play Jummy Buffet songs 24x7 in the lobby....

My son is in the Alpha class starting Monday!  He has stated the graduation date is July 29.  So now the question is do we go ahead and take his car in May like we planned or do we wait for graduation.  Can't do both and I am leaning towards graduation even though I know he wants his car.

Does anyone know how long they are waiting at Corry once they graduate to be sent to their new assignments?  If he is going to be there for several months after he graduates we will take the car at graduation.

Craig thanks for the smile this morning!  Enjoy the weather there as the weather is rather crisp this morning in your home town!

Yes the AC is on according to my son and he said it is soooo much better!!

Had several tests last week and didn't score as well as he wanted, but he was a straight A student in High School and isn't used to getting anything below a 98%.  He said what they are learning right now is hardware and to him it is real tough.  He said he will feel much better once they get out of that and into all the number things.

He mentioned that his roomate didn't come back to the base last weekend.  He is in Phase 2 which is the same as my son.  Don't they have to be back at a certain time every night during Phase 2? 

I went to a Buffet concert in San Diego the best part is the party before the concert everyone brings their RV's and blenders.  People have sand kiddy pools, etc.  it is unbelievable.

Here are some pictures of the barrack rooms at Corry (ie not Correy)...

and more pics...

3 to a room, 3 racks, 3 wall lockers, 3 computer desk...



And here is how the normal room floors are laid out...  This is for non-modified rooms (3702,3704, 3707, 3708, 3709, 3710).  The blue is the bathrooms that are connected...  One bathroom per room. 

Do any of your sailors pay for the internet in their room?  Mine took over from their roommate when he left and they say it is horribly slow.  Like not much faster than dial-up slow.  They are sharing the $40/mo. bill.  To me that is very expensive for internet that is slower than my Droid X.  They do say that the speed in the IT barracks is much faster.

Thanks navymom.  I know my kids are cheap and won't want to each pay for an air card when they are sharing the single bill now.  My verizon air card was $60 a month when I had it.

I will try to find out what my son got as he seems satisfied with it.

Craig thanks for letting us see what a Corry Station room looks like.  I had been wondering what the rooms actually looked like.

My son was very happy to phase up and be able to go places he couldn't before, however they must go with at least one other person when they leave the base.  Not allowed to go alone, so now he is waiting for the others to get their chits filled out so they hit phase 2.  Guess they don't have cabin fever like he does!