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

Any other CTR's here in C school at Goodfellow AF base?   I keep looking......My sailor is quite impressed with the AF amenities.  Real astro turf on a football field (why?), their own hotel room/apt that shares a bathroom with one other room, better food,etc.. There just isn't a lot to do in this town.

cinder - My son was one of those two to get verbal orders but no details as to where, on what, or when. Just that he has orders. He's not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing. Nervous either way until he gets some details which he can't seem to find out.

CRFDAD have him try looking at his own info and see if anything is there. Just an option as you never know. They may have added where but not had a chance to tell him yet.

CRFdad,  Your son must be in the same class as my son.  My son told me they haven't gotten their hands on any equipment yet and he is chomping at the bit to do that.  He really like the class and the instructor.

cinder - I think they are. My son also says the instructor is really "chill" in his words. lol He said there is more students than equipment. Where is your sailor hoping to go? navymom3 - I mentioned that to him. I believe it is the NKO page which is secure. He has tried to log-on with the CAC reader I sent him but is having difficulty getting it to work.

My son would like to come back to San Diego and be on a destroyer.  What about your son?

CRF - Just have your son go to this link.  He will get it going.  That CAC reader is awesome once they get it going...  

http://www.militarycac.com/

Our son is headed to Fort Meade.  I am assuming he will get Fort Meade BAH and not Baltimore, even though he plans to live in Baltimore.  Is that correct??????  Thanks

Thanks, clockard!  Our CTT 2 son was based in Hawaii for three years, is near Denver now for more training, and will be heading to Fort Meade the first of April.  

My daughter just got a new roommate this week.  A 6-year CTT that just arrived at Corry from NAS.  Went to bootcamp around October I think.  She really likes her and says she's very cool and "normal".  Just curious if this girl belongs to any of you.  First initial is T.  Hope you're all having a fabulous weekend :)

Well the time for my son to go to BC is fast approaching.  He will leave for BC on March 6th.  At least we think so.  He has a wart on his foot that we have been fighting.  He has been cleared to be cleared at MEPS on the 6th and if he isn't cleared he will need to be discharged.  He will be in DEP for a year on March 8th.  There have been so many delays, a job change, and now this wart.  He is so ready to go!  I just know I will miss him like crazy!  Does anyone happen to know the maximum size his bible can be for BC?  I just find "small" everywhere I look.  Thanks!

Wyobra - It has to the a pocket size.  What that means no one knows except the RDC.  If the RDC thinks it's too big, then it will come home.  A jumper uniform pocket is about 3 1/2 wide.  I bet if its not blue or black, then it will probably come home too.  

The rule says

• Pocket Bible, Koran, or equivalent religious literature

Have your son come talk to me at NavyDEP.com.  I would like to fill his head with important stuff before he goes.  The more you know before boot camp, the easier it is.  

Our son is an E5.  He is planning to live off base. Guess he needs to make sure.  

In the Navy, you wear the prescribed uniform of the day for your particular unit/division/duty section.  Meaning, you can't just wear whatever uniform you want...If that were the case, I would have been in coveralls 24/7.   And usually, it depends on where you are working.  I worked at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach.  We wore the NWUs (new blue digital camis) because we were working in magazines or on the wharf, driving forklifts, etc.  Other groups working in an office environment wore peanut butters or dress uniforms.

cinder - He also wants San Diego as his 1st choice. It would be really nice because he would only be 2 hours from home. Pearl is his 2nd choice then Mayport.

CRF230dad:  What city are you in?  I'm in Long Beach.  My daughter put SD as her first choice too.

CRFdad,

My son wanted Japan or somewhere else but he is homesick and would like to come back to San Diego.  I told him go see the world.  Does your sons last name begin with a D or L?

Cinder that is exactly what I told my son. And he is now in Japan and loving it. After being home for almost a month before he left I am sure he was ready to go. He got so independent while at A school. He has already made some plans for when he gets leave to fly to where my mom lives and us meet him there. So he gets to see everyone. He grew up near there and that is where his friends are. As we are now in Florida and he has no friends here. Plus they get to travel and see the world on the Navy's dime.

I should have my son facebook your son so he can tell him how he likes Japan.  I miss him dearly but would like for him to see the world while he is young. 

Cinder I sent you a message. I know they lived in the same building at NAS and have met.

All- anyone with experience in their son getting married and how long it takes for the BAH to come through for married housing?

salpetty - I'm in San Gabriel Valley near the 210 & 605 Fwy.

My son wears civilian clothes to work, I think business casual. I was wondering when is the next testing for promotion? I know last time the percentage for CTN was really low that they were taking for promotion. Hope this time around maybe it will be higher.

momoffour - The easy way to remember advancement date is:

1st class = 1st Thursday of March or Septemeber

2nd class = 2nd Thursday of March or September

3rd class = 3rd Thursday of March or September

I found a company called bands 4 arms and I think they make pretty cool bracelets.  Just wanted to share.http://www.bandsforarms.com/index.html

Hi, I'm new to this site, my son is at Cory Station.  We are planing on visiting.  Any suggestions on places to eat or visit?

smou - Two must go places are:

McGuires Irish Pub - Food is great

http://mcguiresirishpub.com/mcguires_pcola/

PegLeg Petes - On Pensacola beach. It has a live video so you can call your family to watch you.

http://www.peglegpetes.com/

The Video

http://www.peglegpetes.com/bar.asp

Go look at the museum at Corry in bldg 511.  It will give you an idea how the some of the buildings are laid out and is actually pretty good display.

Smou-My sailor's class loved a new steak restaurant "Colt and Broxen". Very reasonable and delicious. They would celebrate passing their tests there. I second McGuires, as does my sailor. It is a bit expensive for my taste, but a "must experience". Bring your camera. Cool picture place. 

cinder and navymom3, where in Japan are your Sailors stationed?  My husband, daughter and I are in Misawa Japan (my husband is a CTR) and our son is going through CTN "A" school in P-cola :-)

sailorwifenmom my son is in Yokosuka and is CTM. He says it is snowing today and it is a heavy wet snow. I bet you are getting snow also.

sailorwife, my son is in Pensacola going through c school for CTT.

Woo-hoo!!!

They are finally starting on the new barracks at Corry.  The new barrack is going to be awesome.  It's going to be located between the mail room, and the mini NEX.  In my days is where the old recreation center was.  It will be right across the street from bldg 511/513.

It's fenced in now and ready to go....  Woo-hoo!!!!

If anyone is going down to Corry, can you get a better picture of the sign?

Does that $17 million include the $300 toilet seats? lol

Nice to see that they are cleaning up Corry. My son lived in the ghetto for 10 mos and while he had great times there, he was happy to leave. He did finally got his car! :) Now to the next question: He is a direct support CTR in Hawaii and we are wanting to visit at the end of the summer or early fall. He hasn't really started his job yet so I am not really sure how it works. I know he ships out to various places with only a few days notice so we are thinking that he needs to request leave during the time we visit.  Can he just request leave in advance so we can be sure that he can spend time with us? or will he still be called out even if his leave is approved?

cinder - Apparently it was a total miscommunication (imagine that in the military) he do not get orders.

That's to bad, but that is the Navy for you.  The should be done with school May 11th by my calculations, so there is plenty of time.  Will you be going to the graduation?

sunshine - With DIRSUP you truly don't know when you will be going out.  Even thought this was years ago, I was DIRSUP.  I got married on Sunday and was underway on a ship Monday morning (12 hours later).  It all depends on what's going on in the world.  

He can request leave, but the Navy can pull the chit.  They can do this anytime, not just because he's DIRSUP.  He should still submit a leave chit.  When I was DIRSUP we always swapped TAD orders, which is the same as today.  So I'm sure he can swap with someone if his name comes up.

Thanks Craig! He is enjoying Hawaii very much right now. He is still doing indoc stuff. He finally got a car and his roommate are hiking a lot on the weekends. Some of the pictures are breathtaking. They have us chomping at the bit to get there.

cinder - No we are waiting until early June to visit. He said they graduate about May 15 and then he will class up the next day until July 17th so really no time to see him. I would be forever in debt if anyone going could take pictures for us. Oh and the last name is D.

We are thinking about going but didn't realize they start another class right away.  If we go I will definantly take pictures and if not we can get our sons to take pics of each other. LOL

Craig - Even though my son would not have much chance to rank up to E5 because he 's still at training command he wants to sit for the exam in September to earn points (if he passes) and preview the exam for next year when he should be underway and has some evals & quals in his packet. Could this in any way hurt his chances later by taking it ASAP?

CRF230dad:  Is your son eligible to take the E-5 exam?  I'm not sure of his story, i.e. new sailor or fleet returnee.  But anytime a sailor is eligible, he or she should absolutely take it.  But if he is not eligible, he can't just go and take it.  They won't even have an exam for him.  He sounds like a true go-getter :)  Good for him. 

I don't know about that. We always complain because we got him a nice camera and mini video recorder yet when we sent our younger son to visit him they took no pictures. They said it's gay for guys to take pictures of each other. lol Only the girls do that. The only time we see pics on his fb page is when his girlfriend went to visit or someone else takes one or tags him.

Well we can ask if there is a girl in their class. LOL

Thanks salpetty, he is a new sailor about 7 weeks into C school. He's in 1 year the end of this month. He said he's eligible to sit in September.

Good for him!!!  Then there should be a test for him.  He shouldn't not take it.  That won't look good.  And if he studies, even if he doesn't advance he may still earn points towards next time.  Even if he's not ready and doesn't think he knows anything, he may surprise himself.  I passed the E-7 exam on the first try and didn't even study my rate.  I only studied BMR (basic military requirements)and Chief requirement stuff. 

Any suggestions for study material? I know I saw some stuff Craig posted once but there is so much on-line it's hard to keep it straight.

This is a question for Craig as he knows how it works for CT ratings.  I was YN so my advancement bib(liography) wasn't classified.  As far as general military stuff, I found that advancement questions came straight out of the training manuals for BMR (there is actually a course for it that you go through the book and answer questions online).  Same with Chief and PO 3 and 2 as well as many other interesting subjects (my favorite:  Captivity:  The Extreme Circumstance).  The questions/answers were literally cut and pasted from those so I saw the same questions over and over.  But since the last exam I took before my enlistment ended (last year), a higher percentage of questions will be rating related and less BMR.  But hopefully later today Craig can steer you/your son in the right direction.