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

Hi Kelliann, 

My son went to A school at Corry, C school at Goodfellow in San Angelo, TX and has been in Misawa, Japan for 2 1/2 years now.

When CT are assigned to a ship they go out on the ship when it goes out. But when it is docked there is a shop they work in. It will not effect his career as he has to do sea duty. He will not be required to live on the ship as he is e5. My son is also PCS to San Diego in a few months but he is CTM and coming from Japan. His wife just got out and was in San Diego this last year. The love it there. And she had an apt. There is some military housing areas but they don't have to live in them. 

Wow Sammy sounds like San Diego is the place to go. Where is your sailor now?

Thanks for the info. Not sure what my sons actual date is. he just got told his orders last week. So not the..final.. ones. Some time after Jan. is all I know.  I've always wanted to visit San Diego.  However I'm use to having both my boys within a 5 hr drive.  So this will change.  :(

sammy what rate is your son?

Hello to you all! Greetings from Grants Pass Oregon..my son just left 11/24/2014 for boot camp somewhere in Great Lakes Chicago...I don't really understand what his eventual job will be but I think it is CTN but not totally sure. He will go to A school in Florida. Just wanted to introduce myself, feel free to send me a friend invite...I would like to connect with other mom's out there who are going through the same thing.  This is my second son to move away from home, the other is not in the military but still...I have one more son (17) to go, he graduates this summer..and then our only daughter (14) she has 4.5 yrs to go

Merry Christmas from USS Momsen,

FYI -  That's the the door to the Special Signals Exploitation Space (SSES), home of the Secret Squirrels.

Don't even ask what goes on in there.

Cool CryptoDad.  I wondered what the doors looked like.  heh heh....

Well #1 CTR son is out of the navy and #2 CTR son is off to Whidbey after next week. They enjoyed Japan but did not like ship life that well.  #2 reenlisted and got DIR SUP at Whidbey.  Passed his school beginning of Dec. and is home on leave.  First Christmas with both of them in 4 years!

Hey all, might be coming to pensecola, fl. we'll see what uncle sam decides. anyway, hows the mil housing? good/bad areas to stay away from? just gimme the details! thanks

My son is in Pensacola waiting to class up to CTM- what can we expect? ( he has been there since Nov.28)

When he graduated from boot camp almost three years ago, my son, a CTM, waited about 2 months in Pensacola to class up for the basic electronics class. He arrived in P-cola at the beginning of March and his first class began at the end of May. After that four-week class, he waited another month for A school, which he began in August. He graduated in Nov and then went to Pearl Harbor in December. 

Bookster my son also CTM waited about as long as Harpist son. Unfortunately your son got the during some of the holiday shutdown so his wait may be a little longer. Just have him enjoy Pcola and make sure he gets all his quals done. Once he starts class he won't have a lot of free time. By the way my son loves his job being a CTM. Just went to his 2nd duty station after being in Japan for 3 years.

hello again, I just posted a question, I'm not sure where it went..Anyway, my nephew just had his PIR on 1-30-2015.  He is now a CTMSR in Pcola.  I'm wondering if what the next level of support from me should be.  Letters? Care packages?  What to put in Care Packages?  Thank you, B

Auntie B there aren't as many CTM as there are other CT jobs. Plus they can't say much of what they do. So if he says I can't tell you that I normally leave it alone then. I did send care packages while my son was at school. However they do not have much storage room. He will have lots of studying to do.

My son is a CTM and went to A school in P-cola. You can send letters, cards and care packages with snacks. It is true that they cannot say much about what they do. My son has been at his duty station two years now, preparing for a deployment, and he says he cannot talk about his job.

@harpist- and what does he tell you??  

This no information thing doesnt bother me.  Government info is government info and I totally respect it, I just wonder if I will be able to tell when he is no longer disclosing his real status.  Do you at least know the actual place he is going or is that also a no? 

He says he is not allowed to provide information for security reasons. 

Just wondering if after the Navy service is there any where trained as a CTR could be used in the civilian world?

Craig thanks for that link.  One of my twin CTRs is out as of last Sept. and it appears that many of those jobs require BS or Masters.  Pretty hard to have gotten that and still have an active TS/SCI clearance if you only were in 4 years.  Any other thoughts?  

I do have a friend who just left L-3 Communications after 12 years and my son is meeting an HR rep from that company.

Hi there, my husband is wanting to cross rate to the Cryptology world but unsure which exact rate. Hes favoring CTMs right now. My questions are #1 Would the family be able to move with him? I know you go to school in Florida but not sure if hes able to take us with him.  #2 What are the deployments like? We are on a submarine (boomer) so hes only deployed for a few months at time. I have no idea what the deployment schedules are like for a surface ship, even more so as a CTM, or CTR, CTN, etc. #3. What rate would you recommend? We were looking into CTN but heard its difficult and theres no reenlistment bonus for zone A but you hardly get deployed and live in Japan, Hawaii, etc which would be nice is that true? Any helpful tips or advice would be much appreciated!

My son is CTM and on his 2nd duty station San Diego. His first one was Japan but he choose Japan since he finished 1st in his class and got to choose. He was DIRSUP which counted as sea duty but wasn't at sea all the time. He was assigned to a ship for the first 1 1/2 yr and went out when they did. Usually a month or 2 at a time. But spent most of the time he worked in a shop. CTM don't have to live on the ship they just go out when the ship goes out. Otherwise working in a shop is all I know. As they can't tell you everything they do. Mine did have a 6 moth deployement but don't know where he went just know he was out at sea. I know he loves his job most of the time.

My wife is CTI and the CTI that briefed her said she has spent a mere 22 weeks at sea in her 16 year career. If he can test into CTI, there are volumes of opportunity outside of the military being fluent in multiple languages. Oh, and last I checked, reenlistment was $75k and advancement is pretty good as it is in any CT field.

My son has been a CTM for over two years. His duty station has been at Pearl Harbor during that time. He is currently on an eight-month deployment on a destroyer which left Hawaii on February 14th.

@clockard- that is pretty amazing.  How great that after being in the service they really can find jobs.  Two of my nephews served in the Army and just seem to be floating from job to job.  Breaks my heart how you can serve and then have nothing to show for it.  

Dee, Wishing your son all the best as he embarks on the next step in his career!

Hi, I'm a new  boot camp mom looking for other moms of sr going into ctr. Mine just got there the night of the 7th. Was hoping to find some other moms that may end up with the same PIR. This site has been such a blessing. 

Hi all, my son is in P'Cola for CTT, would this be the right board? I didn't realize it was here for some reason. /= We went and saw him last week, he has been there since March 14th.