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CTTs?? always gone?
I can't get a real idea of where we might be stationed. I know his rate is mostly going to have him on a ship almost always. When we get married, where would we have to move? What possible list of duty stations do CTTs have to report to? I know the military's needs come first, but has anyone had a significant other who was/ is a CTT? Where were they stationed?
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Permalink Reply by sailorwifenmom on
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I was a CTT and my husband is a CTR - they often work very closely together. Mind you, I did it a long time ago, and there isn't a lot I can tell you about the job for various reasons, but I can tell you it's a good job and will have good employment opportunities in the civilian world when he's out of the Navy (whether he does a career or one enlistment).
They are the most versatile of all the CTs as far as duty stations go. Pretty much every ship type has at least a small group of them. They also have them overseas and and at many shore stations (some even in land locked places lol).
Honestly, this is one of those rates where it's almost like asking, "my husband is going to be an accountant, what city could we live in in the US..." He could go to Norfolk, San Diego, WA, HI, FL, DC, CO, or any number of other smaller duty stations, and that's just Stateside and off the top of my head. The world is open :-) -
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Oh, and where I was stationed was Winter Harbor Maine and Adak Alaska - both of those places are closed.
We've also been stationed all over with my husband and there were T branchers with us in FL on a ship out of Mayport, in the DC area shore duty, on a ship out of WA, and in Japan. -
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Permalink Reply by Dina0106 on
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Oh thank you, I just wanted to get some type of feel for the variety of places.
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Is he just going to A-school which would be about 11 weeks or will he also have C-school?
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Honestly, I don't know. He would be better off asking his instructors when he gets there. When I did it yrs ago, we all went to a C school (meaning all the T's and almost all the R's). I don't know about the T's now, but I know a lot less R's are sent straight to C school from A school.
One thing about being a CT though - he'll likely get a lot if opportunities for various C schools over the yrs.. My husband has had a C school before his 1st, between his 2nd and 3rd, 3rd and 4th, and 5th and 6th duty stations, as well as a couple where he was sent TAD from a duty station to go to a particular school then return back to the duty station.
It's a very changing, evolving field. Just be prepared that he won't be allowed to talk about any of it at all with you, except in very extremely vague ways. Some spouses have a very hard time with that, but it is what it is... -
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And one more thing lol.. if he is waiting for school to start, will he get to come home? or what?
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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I know that one. No, they do not get to come home while waiting on hold for school.
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That's impossible to answer, so so so mu.ch will depend on when he classes up, how long it takes to finalize his clearance (not just the preliminary "so far it's good so you can start school" one), what, if any, C school he gets, when THAT class classes up....
Asking that is sort of like asking a college freshman what their schedule is going to look like their senior year... They know, in general, what fort of classes they'll have, but there are too many variables between now and then to know.
But I will say, don't plan on it. For example, right now, our don is 4 hrs away from us. He just graduated A school (he got dropped from CTN A school 5 months into it, now he just finished IS A school. He starts his C school in a week. He can't come home, he's in holding company, doing things around the base that needs done.
I know you said you like to plan, and it's good to get as much info as you can, but the thing is, really, until they're done with boot camp and their initial schools and at their first command, there's no such thing as a long term plan, you have to stay flexible because no situation is going to be exactly the same, there isn't a hard and fast formula or schedule - it's all done on the Navy's time, at their pace, and subject to change at any time.
Once you get to your first perm. duty it does get better. Those things still hold true, but you do get a bit more notice and time to prepare - usually. -
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Ugh - sorry - I'm getting tired and it's showing... my kindle typing is even crappier than usual! Sorry about that!
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