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

Very good Craig! LOL  Forwarding this one to my son!!!

LadyHamilton- awesome picture! Congrats to your Sailor!!!

Mine is getting Married the 17th- we are rapidly putting a wedding together - only had a month to do it but so excited he got leave to come home to get married! 

until some CTR1 somewhere is hit by a bus???????   NICE!!! Be careful what you wish for it may happen & it could be one you know...  I wish all our CTM - CTI -CTN - CTR - CTT's the best and to live long happy lives. YOU SHOULD TOO...

Lady Hamilton great pic!

Navymom4j congrats on the wedding.

Roysmom- there must be something in the NAVY Water that has our sailors marrying so young!  and so quickly - a lot to adjust to. First boot camp- now marriage - all within a year. CRAZY

Ditto Mr. Mom and Rorysmom.  As in life, things never go as planned and in the Navy, things can turn on a dime.  One day you think you're doing something and the next day you are doing something else and, in some cases, starting from scratch.  Take if for what it is, make the best of it and find something positive.  My daughter complained the whole time she was in holding because she was bored out of her mind and feeling really unproductive.  I told her to look at the bright side:  There's no job in the civilian world that will pay you just to BE.  Unless you're a Kardashian of course :) My kid graduated A school this morning.....Happy Superbowl Weekend to all!

salpetty congrats on your daughter graduating today!

Congratulations to you and your SAILOR salpetty.  What you said is very true in today's economic hard times. I told my son b-4 he left for BC, Look most of your friends and what job they have and where they are going at this point in their life, Now think of what you are about to do and the possibilities after 6 or more years in the NAVY and not to mention as a civilian what jobs you will be able to get after being a CTM. He told me I will stay in the navy for as long as I can I want to be a lifer. I looked @ him started to cry & told him how proud I am no matter how long you stay in the NAVY. He researched all the horror stories and accepts the Challenge But hopes he bypasses that & is set for smooth sailing. I laughed so hard when he said that & then he got what he just said. I told him the transformation is already taking place... LOL     

MRMom- oh how true and exactly the same conversation I had with my son- now a CTT aboard the USS Lake Champlain missal guided cruiser. Makes me so proud!

From my experience in the Navy, I have met the wackiest people on the planet!  But I have met my best and lifelong friends.  And the experiences you get, whether at sea or on land....you can't get anywhere else.  Even the most mundane tasks can be made fun.  I had a lot of laughs while in the Navy :)

 I too rorysmom(Ship13Div244) Understand @ times we say things but on this site we need to help and make things easier for one another with out the hoping something bad happens to one of our Sailors. that needs to be said in privet messages . I feel for the families and loved ones that have had a Military loss. I cant even begin to imagine seeing my son's picture on the newspaper or t.v. news. I just got a little upset...  LOL but kept it nice & clean.  which is not like me!!! lol   

I am sure the comment made was not intentional. We all make comments as expressions that we do not really think about before hand. Good points taken.

MRmom is your son still in school. My son is a CTM and is now in Japan. He also now wants to stay in as long as he can. Took some convincing to join but now he said is was the best decision he made and loves it.

My brother retired 3yrs ago from the Navy as an aviation mechanic , wow is he an oddball lol.  I will feel so much more relaxed when he gets to A-school... O-k no i wont the wife being so worried will affect me, I will have to find things to do in the garage and garden allot... :)    

 navymom3 No he is @ RTC I just like to stay ahead so I can know & understand what he is about to go threw so I can be there for him and sound like I know everything lol plus it will make him more at ease.. He PIR's March 9TH in Great Lakes. He is going to be a CTM.

 Time to take the 5yr old to the park and lunch. Yes I have a 20 & 5yr old. lol my wife says stay away and don't touch me lol... I wish all of you SAILORS the best of luck in life & love...

mrmom -My son had pir March 18th and finally finished all the school dec. 9th. That was ATT class at NAS then move to Corry and do a school and c school.

MR.MOM-DIV-85 It nice to finally have another GUY besides Craig here. I'm sure Craig felt like the roster in the hen house. No disrespect intended ladies. There is very little activity on the male version of this site.  http://www.navydads.com/

I have found this site to be invaluable to getting straight talk and real information about what's going on and what to expect. My son is a CTT currently in Pensacola Fl. in his C school.

Welcome aboard!

NavyMom4J Is your son 4 or 6y?

Mr. Mom:  If you are politically incorrect (as I myself am), you will love Craig, he's incorrect and innapropriate and a total crack up!!!  He's also a plethora of CTT and Navy info.

navymom3 I know it's a long time at A-school, I just hope my son stays on track & Passes. lol  I hope that when he graduates A-school I can bring him home to TN for even just a few days. I know that after PIR my family may only have a day or two with him but that would be a great boost for him and us as well. I hope you had your son home for Christmas...

CRF230dad THANX for the welcome!!!  I was on that site for around 2 weeks or so and well, you see where I am now. lol.  I started a group for ship-9 / div-85 and the other dads with sons or daughters in the same DIV for what ever reasons did not want to join or even talk about it so I jumped ship on that site. lol 

   I love to talk to others about my son and Navy life because it helps me and others so here I am.  CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU & YOUR SON!!!

mrmom- yes he was home for christmas. He took his leave between c school and duty station. He was originally told he would be there 18 months so the time he was there was good. He was going to come home between a and c school but he had gotten assigned a great job between classes and didn't want to give it up. Plus it gave more time home before heading to Japan. Only 2 from his class stayed and had c school in pcola. His friend had c school in Virginia. Both being ctm.

And like salpetty said Craig is a wealth of info. Especially for CTM since he is retired CTM.

 I have read a lot of what Craig had to say from his current and older post, blogs & replies. It helped with a lot of ?'s I had . At least on this site when I ask a ? some one will help the same day or next one. Thank you all.

Anyone have or had a sailor at Goodfellow AFB in TX? Just curious, I can't find any info except what the AF has on their site.  From what my son tells me the barracks where they stay are NICE!  It's like a small apartment with a TV and full kitchen. Is this typical of C school or the fact that it's an AF base? He is in class with a lot of fleet returnees and feels rather lost .

CRF - I only feel like the roster in the hen house on the Chicken Ship forum.  Geez, those ladies on that forum make me blush sometimes.  Ok, that a bunch of bs, but I will admit that Sexual Harassment on that forum will not be reported, but it will be graded.  I need a place to chill after talking Navy 24x7 and that place hits the spot.  Except, they always are post hot guys.  Geez, sometimes N4M is too estrogen enriched.  ~ha

I do agree that the NavyDad's site is way too slow.  But what I really don't like is it's always seems like a dang d*ck measuring contest (for lack of a better word).  A lot of guys want to prove they know more than the others.  I'm not into that.  All I'm here for is to provide help to those that don't understand the Navy, and want to learn the un-sugarcoated version.  However, it's a two way street, I learn quite a bit from this website and pass that information on to the deppers on my website.  Just like yesterday, I had know idea that they are issuing back packs in boot camp now.

Mr.Mom - Glad to have extra testosterone here.  But to keep the balance of power you need to jab at the ladies a little to keep them spun up.  So I'll throw in one now:

God, I wished it was 1955 again!!!!....

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Happy Days....  Woo-hoo....

boiler - I haven't been to Goodfellow in a long time, however, when I was there the base facilities were awesome.  The Air Force always does this stuff right.  I remember at the Galley someone said "Just leave your plate at the table, the civilians will pick it up".  Geez, I felt like I was in a restaurant.  

Just curious, when I went, we flew from Dallas to San Angelo.  Do they still use a small turboprop airplane?  I remember having to crawl to my seat.  You couldn't stand up.  How does the sailors get there now?

I believe that. I my sailor heard rumors that the Air Force is not going to train at Corry anymore because its facilities/food were not up to up to their standards. I don't know when/if this is supposed to happen.

Craig

Love the article. Oh to have lived in the 50s.... I just printed it out to post on the refer. If this happens to be my last post you can assume I was killed in my sleep by means of an iron skillet.

I saw the post about email. My son leaves for his first deployment in a few weeks and I just assumed I could email him on his regular gmail account. Is that not correct?I also realized that if something happens to family while he is gone, I know only his rank and and rate. I recently helped two families call from the hospital where I work due to critical family illness and they asked alot more questions then those two lol!  Showed my husband the article, of course he loved it!

momoffour once your son gets situated on the ship he can email from his ship address. Then you can email back and forth from it with you. I think my son only emailed from his ship email. And once they are off or change ships there email is different. Just remember he won't be able to tell you where they are or when they will be back. We set up a code with my son so we know where they were.

My son took this picture.

what is the difference between CTT, CTN and CTR?  My son is CTN.

thank you Clockard.

and you can call me Kelly ;)   

 I am the dominant species, I growl, I roar and when my wife is about to get home I start cooking dinner & setting the table after the 5 year old is washed and set for a night with mommy. O-ya & the house is clean. then when she is done eating & she looks around and see's all I have done. she pets me as I purr and I lie there knowing " I AM KING " LMAO

Kelly - You can look here too:

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/ctratemoms/forum/topics/ct-info-ev...

cinder - Chair Force, now that is awesome.  

sunshine - The Air Force does pay their airmen a dislocation allowance since the Corry facilities doesn't meet their standards.  I don't think they will move since it a joint facility.  I think it would be nearly impossible in todays "save money" era.  

Lastly, if there is ever an family emergency and you don't know your sailors location or information, all you do is call the Red Cross.  The Red Cross is awesome.  When my father died, I heard from family members 1st, but the Red Cross was almost as quick since my family contacted them at the hospital.  They set up everything to get me home for the viewing and burial. It's one thing the military has got perfect.  It works really well.

I need to... In fact, I need to do it now...  I like sturring the pot over there....~ha...

Craig - my son said it was a very small plane.  And.. apparantly AF chicks are hot.

boiler - Tell your son that yes, AF chicks are hot!

I wonder if every ship has it's own closed facebook page?

How on earth would they keep it secure? It's facebook for Godsake...