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

At least some of the female quarters are a little different. Two to a room, two rooms per head and the desks are somehow built into the beds.

My daughter had her verizon cell from here. She said the coverage was bordeline terrible. She went to AT&T and says it's much better but I don't know if they have air cards.

On a side note, for those of you with daughters at Corry, Tell them not to get there hair dyed at the NEX. I have no idea what possesd her to do it but she's mighty unhappy right now.

JimC - Some of the barracks have been modified.  3703, 3715,2716, 3717 are really nice now, and have entrances on both sides.  I have pictures of those too... Hopefully she's not is 1082 or 1084, those were condemed when I was there in 1978 and I can't beleive they are still using them.  I know 1084 is a WAVES cage.  Send me a message of the barracks your daughter is in, and I can tell which pictures to post...

Idaho - Send me a message of the barracks your kid is in too, the pictures I took were inside 3710, second deck.  Just curious is he we in my old room which was 3710 22C. 

The sailors line up to march in front of compound 1 which is next to the galley

, and they will march until they get to the compound they are going...

Rorys - Why get online, when you can see these pictures? 

Here is a picture as you enter the hotel.  The entire wall is windows of the ocean...

Here is a picture of the back of the hotel.  Our room was the 6th floor (total of 7 floors), and our room was the 3rd from the left.  You can see my jeans that I put on the railing so we knew what room we had...

Here is a picture looking out our room.  The door stayed open all night so we could hear the ocean...

The beach sign...

Lastly, this was taken at 4pm, it was really warm out yet no one was on the beach.  God knows why it was empty... It was awesome being so quite...

Angie - I've never seen a barracks at Corry with the 1700's, they are either 1082, 1084, 3702 thru 3717.  I bet that's his post office box. 

cinder - The Margaritaville is about 15 minutes away.  You must cross a bridge and pay a $1 toll.  But the toll is only one way.  Beleive me, the hotel is worth it, even if its just one night.  Make sure you get a room facing the ocean. The other side faces the street and is just not worth it....

Ive decided to go the first weekend in June  My son will be on phase 3 then   Flights into new orleans are less than into pensacola and I have good friends in NO so I will fly in early and out a day later  and then drive the rental to Pensacola to visit my son for that weekend    

Thanks Craig  that was his po box  I asked him tonite when he called.   he is in a three thousand building  

My son says he will be on phase 2 starting next weekend   He's looking forward to having a beer..who can blame him!

cinder - What the heck is an unenlisted club?  Since he is enlisted, I guess unenlisted means he's at the officers club or a civilian club...~ha...

God help him if he's at Evelyn's Grunge Bar  (Home of the Grunge Burger) !!!

Yep I heard all about the fire there   Two transformers blew up  My son was on watch when it happened and was running all over the place doing whatever it is you do when you are on watch and the transformers blow up!   Said it happened at about 8:30 Saturday nite and by the time his watch was over - midnite everything was back to order   No one got hurt but all power was out for a few hours  The generators didnt kick on and the flashlights didnt work...no that I found real surprising  You would think with all the inspections they do they would inspect the flashlights

My son called and said it had happened 3 nights in a row because squirrels kept getting into the transformers!  I said poor squirrels and he was very unsympathetic!

He said they sat outside as the moon at least gave them a little light! lol!

Wendi - She'll be working in the tunnels...  Woo-hoo.  Kunia is cool.  She should look for a place in Waikele, it's close and nice.  She'll have no problem moving off base, that barracks are so full that E2 are allowed to move off... 

Here is a picture of where she'll be working...  

Wendi - It's funny because everytime I look at the Kunia picure it just cracks me up.  If you belong to the base security force your duty is soooo much fun.  The reason? The area above the building is now the locals "Lovers Lane".  Since that area is considered part of the base, the base security is always sneaking up on them just like Joey Greco does on the t.v. show Cheaters....  I actually had a business trip to Kunia and man, the stories these sailors told me were really funny.  (as Paul Harvey said, now you know the rest of the story) ~ha

My sons did their dreamsheet and I am kinda not happy with one's first choice.  Can we discuss these here or is that a no no?

Angie - Never saying you're a CT is totally an old wifes tales.  It's almost like the story about shooting and killing all the CT's if your ship is taken over so the Navy can protect classifed information.  Heck, standing the "Mail Bouy watch" is another good one...

If the instuctor tells your son that story again, have him comment back that since you can't say your a CT, then why are we able to wear Dress Blues off base since the CT "quill and lightning bolt" rating badge would be showing along with our name tags.  Yea, as if it's hard to tell the rating. 

Man, because of that "quill and lightning bolt", I should tell you what the other ratings call us CT's, but I'm having to bite my tongue right now...

I totally agree with clockard. The duty station are listed everywhere.  Heck, I even posted them here a bunch of times...  Remember, so many people try to play more into the OPSEC stuff than is needed.  Yea, it's better to error on the side of caution, but sometimes we kind of over do it.  Don't get caught up in it.   

Totally agreed Susan.  Its really wild on the PIR groups on N4M.  I think most people just want to jump on the band wagon.  OPSEC is way more involved.

If you ever had noticed, the only place I've ever found to be blocked by Google Earth was the top of the White House.  Everything else is visible. 

Now onto more cool things...How did you have your style and font size change?  What button do you push to do that?   

Thank you Clockard and Craig   Your posts made a lot of sense to me and made me feel better.  Im proud of what my son does and Im cautious to never mention his name on public boards.  But geez  he made me feel bad because I talked with people Ive worked with that he is a CTR  

@momoffour - my son wanted me to say he was something else also...damage control or operations..

Angie - I posted above in the discussion area what all the CT do.  It's call "Everything you wanted to know about CT's but are afraid to ask"...  It's all unclassified, general knowledge stuff....

All - Since I was a CTM, I would tell my close friends that I was an Electonic Technician (ET) except with a top-secret clearance. 

For those that really didn't know me, I would say I was a Porn star because I get screwed everyday by the Navy... That usually catches them off guard...

Hi All, my son is a DEPPER right now, but going to Monterey to learn Arabic or Mandarin fater BC- his recruiter told him he was on his way straight to Spook City, so I guess this is the place for me to learn more!

Cheers,

Leslie

For Easter I sent my son a little care package.  He loves good coffee, so I sent him some and a french press he can use in his room...but with a easter twist   I filled it with Jelly Beans....well as fate would have it, he opened it upside down and jelly beans everywhere!!  He called to tell me what happened, to thank me and to say.."gee mom can't talk long, I have a lot to do now before inspection"    I couldn't stop laughing!

Leslie -  Arabic and Farsi are the two languages that are really hot (100% advancement)...  Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and Russian are not that hot.  If you notice this is the last quotas that was put out....   

http://www.navytimes.com/projects/careers/navy/petty-officer-quotas...

Here is the meaning of the numbers:

CS (1) = Subs
CS (2) = All others
CTI (1) = Arabic
CTI (2) = Persian/Farsi
CTI (3) = Chinese
CTI (4) = Korean
CTI (5) = Spanish
CTI (6) = Russian
EMN (1) = Nuclear (subs)
EMN (2) = Nuclear (surface)
ETN (1) = Nuclear (subs)
ETN (2) = Nuclear (surface)
FC (1) = Non-Aegis
FC (2) = Aegis
MMN (1) = Nuclear (subs)
MMN (2) = Nuclear (surface)
SK (1) = Subs
SK (2) = All others
YN (1) = Subs
YN (2) = All others

Angie - You crack me up with saying "Jelly Belly's".  The reason is this: 

Thanks Dee and Clokard and Craig- I'll keep his language on the DL! Do y'all think he'll get to choose, or will they choose for him?

-Leslie

Leslie - The cti group would have that answer.  You need to join that one also since all they deal with is CTI's.   http://www.navyformoms.com/group/cti

Just like the CTN group http://www.navyformoms.com/group/ctn all they deal with is CTN's.  So they are the guru's when it comes to that specific rating. 

In the Navy, you go anywhere and everywhere to find the answers you need...  Those two groups know their sh*t...  and they have fun people on them.... 

Casey - Welcome, we were waiting for you..~ha

We are all different breed of CT's in this group.  We talk about all types of stuff, and sometimes act a little crazy...  however, for specific CTI (the language sailors) stuff you need to join this group  http://www.navyformoms.com/group/cti  They are the guru's on specific CTI stuff.  Between this group and the CTI group, you will learn alot...Guaranteed!

Leslie - It depends on what his scores (and the needs of the Navy) were on what level of language he will qualify for...