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

 sunshine73 All I meant was with hurricanes you have time to get out before the devastation... With tornadoes you have no time, you are S.O.L. Like I said I lived in FL for 10 yrs and know all to well what can happen..... We have devastation here as well from Tornadoes and my friends homes are totally gone... all that's left is a slab of concrete...

Thank you  navymom3 , I will keep you in mind :)  

Hi my name is Kim and I have 1 son at Cory station he is a ctm and I have my youngest in bootcamp as of yesterday who is also a ctm. My husband is a mmc machinest mait chief. I live in Great Lakes right across the street from bootcamp were they do there p days. My oldest son Josh has been at Pensacola for 6 months and is finally classed up.

Welcome Kim. My middle sailor is also a CTM. Is your son finally at Corry starting his CTM class? It took my son 9 months to finish all the schooling which included a c school for him in Pcola. He is now in Japan and has been there for just over 2 months. And for you to have another one at BC now wow. My oldest has been in for 6 years now but he is AT and on his 2nd duty station.

lots of experienced people on here, thought it would be a good place to ask. My sailor is moving off base soon and his grandparents are moving and want to get rid of all they have. Seems like a perfect arrangement for second hand furniture, right? Except the sailor is in VA (Beach) and the grandparents are in AZ. Anyone know if there is a reasonable way to move this stuff? two flat screen TV's, boxes of dishes and appliances, tools (tons), nice leather couch (though i am betting that is not going to be shipable). I have heard Greyhound (GPX)? Though they annoy me offering student discounts up to 40% and nothing to military. All advice is appreciated! Thanks! 

Sammy -  Where is his Home of Record (HOR) which means where did he enlist?  

Craig, is there any way for us to find out when the USS Robert G Bradley will deploy from Mayport for another 6 mons. at sea? Our son has written orders to go there sometime in April. We are trying to plan a fall wedding in our family and trying to figure out exactly what we want to do about those plans. Thought maybe I could see it on the ship's page but guess that is too simple and probably not secure enough if it is just general info. Thanks for any info.

You can't find that on a open forum.  However, many sailors will know the schedule.  Join that Bradley group, and I'm sure someone will tell you.  

thank RTC training:

CID Sailor Saves Drowning Woman from Pool in Pensacola

By Gary Nichols, Center for Information Dominance Public Affairs

PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- A student at the Center for Information Dominance Unit (CID) Corry Station rescued a drowning woman he found floating face down in a Pensacola hotel pool March 13.

Information Systems Technician "A" School student Seaman Apprentice Nicholas Putskey, 19, of Wautoma, Wis., resuscitated Barbara Hogan of Massachusetts, who had lost consciousness while swimming in a hotel pool.

Lt. Larry Richardson of the Myrtle Grove Volunteer Fire Dept., which responded to the emergency call, credited Putskey's quick action with saving Hogan's life.

"It was definitely crucial," Richardson said. "It only takes a little bit of time in the water to make or break them, so he definitely did what he was supposed to, that's for sure."

"He is a hero," Hogan said. "Both myself and my family are grateful to him. I owe my life to him."

Hogan was in the area to visit her son who had recently graduated from "A" school at CID Unit Corry Station.

Putskey's mother, Jane Putskey, and fiancée, Chelsey Clark, both of Wautoma, were spending spring break in Pensacola to visit him.

He and his girlfriend were swimming at the same time that Hogan and her niece were playing in the pool.

As the young couple were about to leave the pool, Clark noticed Hogan was face down and immobile.

"I immediately dived into the pool and pulled her out," Putskey said. "She was blue in the face, blue as can be, and she wasn't breathing at all."

Since Hogan wasn't breathing, Putskey immediately began CPR. Meanwhile, Clark watched the little girl and called for help.

"I revived her and she came back to her senses," Putskey said. "She was a little dazed, and didn't know where she was, but she was alive."

Putskey and Clark stayed with Hogan until fire-rescue arrived on scene.

Hogan was transported by Myrtle Grove Volunteer Fire Department to Baptist Health Care where she was treated and later released.

"He pulled her out of the water, gave her a few rescue breaths, then started CPR," Richardson said. "She definitely had water in her lungs, but she was alert by the time we got there."

Putskey said his boot camp training was the key to him doing the right thing at the time.

"At the time, it was just instinct that kicked in and made me do what I did," Putskey said. "What I learned at boot camp - CPR and first aid - all came back to me. I'm glad it all worked out."

CID Unit Commanding Officer Cmdr. L. Sung had high praise for the young Sailor who reported on board CID Unit Corry Station in October for training.

"Seaman Nicholas Putskey embodies our Navy core values of honor, courage, and commitment. His actions were truly of a heroic nature and are a testament to his training at Recruit Training Center Great Lakes," Sung said. "His humble demeanor is an example of his commitment of service to others. We at CID Unit Corry Station are all very proud of his quick reaction in saving the life of another Sailor's mother."

All the attention that has suddenly been focused on Putskey has made him a bit self-conscious. He said the successful rescue couldn't have happened without others pitching in and doing their part.

"It was definitely a team effort," Putskey said. "For example, a lady named Tamea, who is one of the hotel maids, stayed with me to help calm the woman and make her comfortable while my girlfriend went for help."

CID is the Navy's learning center that leads, manages and delivers Navy and joint force training in information operations, information technology, cryptology and intelligence.

With a staff of nearly 1,300 military, civilian and contracted staff members, CID oversees the development and administration of more than 168 courses at four commands, two detachments and 14 learning sites throughout the United States and in Japan. CID provides training for approximately 24,000 members of the U.S. Armed Services and allied forces each year.

For more information, visit www.navy.mil,www.facebook.com/usnavy, or www.twitter.com/usnavy.

For more news from Center for Information Dominance, visitwww.navy.mil/local/corry/.

Craig, where do I find the USS Robert G Bradley group to join. I googled such but don't see a place for us to register. Is there something here on the Navy Moms site for that? If so, where do I find it?

My son graduates from A school in Monterey on Thursday. Any other moms or dad's heading to graduation? He is then shipping out to Hawaii. Would love to share info with other parents out there.

mombychoice - You can find most ship by going to this link:

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/groups-listed-by-name-of-us

Your's is #139, but it looks like there is little activity.  That ship is just too small to have a group here at N4M's, in my opinion.  

Frankly, I'm kind of surprised their isn't a "Frigate Moms (FFG)" section.  Just look at the Destroyers Moms group.  They have alot of people.  That's because the combined forces and lumped all the Destroyers together in one group.  

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/destroyermomsddg?commentId=1971797...

Heck there needs to be one, they have 55 of those types of ships.

@ susan, thanks, i will check into it. @ craig, happily, except in this instance, lol, his HOR is an hour down the road from his base.

sammy - So for example, he enlisted in Virginia, and now he has orders to Virginia? The part that has me confuse is when you say "from his base".  Does this mean Corry or his new base?

sorry to confuse... my son enlisted in VA and is stationed in VA Beach. Thus, the HOR move is being saved for a later date.

(MR.MOM) Here..... My son made it to CORRY he is an SA now I cant wait for the call to  hear him say ' I'm a CTMSA  & hell yes I will be at that ceremony as well, to shake his hand & congratulate him.. The G.L. ceremony was  AWESOME!!!!!  I loved walking around the base and every SAILOR I saw that had passed, I said congratulations to him or her & the smiles & " THANK YOU SIR " I got is a memory I will carry for the rest of my life..

I keep hoping my kid will get orders any day now...but this week I will not hope for much.  Exercise Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2012 is going on right now and they only have I think three days of school this week.  Ugh.  The waiting is killing me :)  Happy Monday.

My kid is heading to Tampa and St. Petersburgh for the weekend.  I am so jealous as next weekend kicks off Indy Car racing in St. Pete!  Anyone else have a kid heading to Busch Gardens to take advantage of free entrance?

Yes...My daughter is at Corry.  I believe they all have Thursday and Friday off.

Ismile once he gets all checked in and stuff he can ask to go to Tampa. They usually go back to phase 2 when they move bases until they do there watch quals again. He will like the freedom he gets there. It is different than NAS. Mine moved to Corry on a monday and was able to come home the next weekend. The mileage restrictions are more miles they can go then at NAS also.

Ismile my son liked the freedom also. They still have to be in at a certain time but don't have to check in at the quarterdeck each time they come and go. But now the hard work begins when class starts. Craig has a neets chart posted on here which will help him out. If he is good at computers he should do good.

ismile it is above in the discussion forum. I think the 2nd page. There is also a cheat sheet I think I have in my email also I will send over to you.

Lady Hamilton she looks sharp and happy!

Lady Hamilton:  I believe it.  Corry is in the ghetto, so anything is a step up :)  Hope your daughter is having fun.

All,

Today my daughter enlisted in the Air Force.  Man, this Christmas will be really interesting with my family with 5 Navy guys and 1 Air Force gal....

Today's swearing in:

Best of luck to your daughter, Craig!  

Congrats Craig. I love the pics.

You have a lovely daughter with a beautiful smile, Craig. Why did she choose the Air Force instead of the Navy?

harpist -  So,  my daughter recently came up to me and wanted to join the Navy.  She has been studying medical stuff in college and basically burned herself out. She wants to do something new and fun.  Do you know what I told her?  "DON'T JOIN THE NAVY".  It's not a good fit.  She want's to do a medical job. The problem is, AND IN MY OPINION,  the Navy actually kind of sucks for learning medical stuff.  My daughter didn't want to be a corpsman just passing out Motrin.  She wants to work near a combat zone (since females can't actually work in a combat zone), seeing and helping at the blood and guts level (emergency trauma), which you don't get in the Navy.

She wants to do Medevac flights helping those that need her help. Her ultimate goal is to be a Physician Assistant.  

To get to that goal she needs to have 2000 hours of one-on-one patient care, and she needs to finish her complete her college classes geared toward PA school.

In the Navy, you can't get even begin the college education because of the new rule that says you must be at your 1st duty station 1 year before you can even think of taking college classes.  By the time boot camp, "A" & "C" school, and your 1st duty station is done, you'll have only 2 years left.  

Read para 5 here:  NAVADMIN 105/10

Secondly, the medical equipment on the ships suck.  If you have major problems they will helo you off and send you to carrier, then on to a big medical shore station.  Ships only do the minor stuff.  That is not my daughter. 

I found this picture to be awesome. These are the military people she desires to help.  

This is the uniform she really wanted to wear, but being a female, she can't.  

notice the cover (hat) ie USMC

Great photos Craig.  Beautiful family :)  Congrats to your daughter!

Congrats Craig everyone looks so happy.  She is lucky to have you as a dad to help guide her in the correct direction.

Craig- congrats to your daughter! And I could not find anything much for AF moms.

Lady Hamilton- My son is also at Goodfellow and should graduate 4/26 from C school, then on to Misawa Japan (another AF base).  And yes, AF facilities are nicer.  There is not a lot to do in San Angelo unless you have a car.

A few Sailors at Corry have just gotten verbal orders to various pre commissioned ships.  My daughter included.  Her Chief told her to expect written orders next week to USS Arlington (LPD 24) in Norfolk.  This could be very exciting.  There's nothing like the fanfare involved in a commissioning ceremony!  Hope those waiting for orders get them sooner than later :)

Salpetty how exciting for your daughter.  My son is probably in school until Nov.  so I'm sure he didn't get verbal orders.  My son called me yesterday and said the instructor let them have a beach party they had alot of fun and got some sun.

CRF230dad, Haven't seen around in a while.  I think my son is right you are building the machine that they work on from toasters and microwaves.  LOL

That is an awesome shirt! Love it!

My son got me that tshirt I love it.

Love that!  My daughter told me about that shirt when she arrived at Corry.  But wanted to wait till she graduated before she got it.

Thanks Craig I sent that on to my son.

Craig what are the zones?  Where do you find out what they are?

CTmomof3: my son is a CTN and he's hyper about this also.  As a matter of fact, the last time I sent him something via facebook he got angry and said it was on a "need to know basis" - and I told him that it was reported by the Associated Press! He has a fb account, but i don't post anything much on it. Guess our sons are being overly-contientious lol!

Mine is CTM and he has a fb. We are just very careful about what we say. If we have a question we use the private message or text. He posts pics and stuff not not much while he is out floating. but we do private message while out floating and email.

My son has a facebook page hardly posts and it isn't even set to private.  I think some instructors tell them not to have facebook it just depends.

Cinder - This is what I wrote on my website:

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Question:

Originally Posted by ctraggie  CTR has been steadily increasing the manned % ever since I signed my contract... It's up to 92%, was in the 80s when I signed. Is this a sign that they'll soon be cutting it down?

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Reply by BKinsman:

Just from my understanding but it is at 92% of where they want it to be. Meaning they ideally want it at 100%.

E1-E3 looks heavy but E4 and E5 look undermanned which is excellent for advancement. If I read it right getting from E3 to E4 is at 100% which effectively means TIR, a few months after A school and we should be Petty Officers 3rd Class. And E4 to E5 is at around 56%, also damned good.

Getting E6 oddly looks tougher than getting E7. In all areas we are above the Navy's average as far as advancement except for E6 where we are a good bit lower.

The main culprit for that looks like the number of 'wanted' CTR1 drops by 91 from FY2012 to FY2014, going from 95% manning to 106% if it stays at the present number. Anything below 100% is good for us. E1-E3 doesn't matter overmuch except that you know they will be 'flowing up'.

That's my understanding of it at least. Craig, could you give ctraggie and I some insight on what is notable on the CTR community overview?

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My answer:

Totally agree. 92% is a great number. Being undermanned is where you always want. 
You guys are good till your 10 year active duty point, then after that your screwed using today's data. But things will easily change by then. You have nothing to worry about. If you notice the senior levers are overmanned, so that means that some of those sailors will not make the Perform To Serve (PTS) board (ie they will have to cross rate or be kicked out). This sucks for them, but it will open positions up for you guys. The Navy is just "Thinning the Herd". 
What is good is you look at the Zone levels and they are great for you newbies. You are doing good. Just to explain what Zone levels mean:
Zone:
A = 21 months to 6 years
B = 6 to 10 years
C= 10 to 14 years
D = 14 to 20 years
E = >20 years. 
So look at the CTR sheet with the above link. You will see that a CTR with the NEC 9138 will get a multiplier of 2, if you are in Zone A. (ie Zone A means you have 21 months to 6 years of active duty). If you had that NEC, and you decide to reenlist at your 6 year 1 day point, you will get nothing since you now have fallen into Zone B.