More CTN Reserve Questions

[futuresailorCTN]

I've been at a school for 2 months and still haven't seen Pensacola Beach.... Haha it's a lot of studying

[hustini]

Originally Posted by futuresailorCTN

I've been at a school for 2 months and still haven't seen Pensacola Beach.... Haha it's a lot of studying

Nice. We will probably be there at the same time.


So, I ship to basic Sept.14,16 then head to Corry Station for my 30 weeks of training for CTN. They offered me what I wanted right away (I signed and swore in yesterday), they didn't even ask if I had a plan B if it wasn't available. I was honest with them on the first day at MEPS but I had to come back the next day because I was waiting on a dependency waiver so they knew what I wanted and remembered me. I think I was the only one that processed that day that had that easy of a time. I scored really well on the ASVAB (92) so I don't think they were going to waste time asking me for anything else other than what I wanted. I also got a nice sign on bonus which was unexpected (looking at you, recruiter).

They tried to get me to leave in June but that was to soon, we are moving to a new house in 4 weeks and would have killed the fam if I shipped out in the middle of it. :D

Can't say how excited I am, aside from being proud to be a new Sailor but to get what I wanted with no tug of war was a great feeling. My wife with a CTI so we are a family of Cryptos :P

[Barbazu]

Man, we have the same story. Haha! I had to get a dependency waiver, I'm going reserve, I'm going in as a CTN, I scored a 92 on the asvab, they tried to get me to leave in March but I couldn't (because I'm finishing up a semester of college) so theyre shipping me in May... Crazy.

[hustini]

Originally Posted by Barbazu

Man, we have the same story. Haha! I had to get a dependency waiver, I'm going reserve, I'm going in as a CTN, I scored a 92 on the asvab, they tried to get me to leave in March but I couldn't (because I'm finishing up a semester of college) so theyre shipping me in May... Crazy.

haha that is crazy we have almost exactly the same story.

So you ship in May as in next month?

Good luck man, I think I will see you there too. I will be there in October if I'm not mistaken.

[hustini]

Another question came to mind:

During A and C school commitments are their other courses I can add to my curriculum in addition to my mandatory classes if I wish? Or is everything standard for everyone during that time with no changes? Perhaps after C school if I am eligible I can stay for additional training?

[Barbazu]

Are there C schools for CTNs? I thought they combined them all into JCAC. I know there's no C school in my orders.

[LT Guppy]

Originally Posted by Barbazu

Are there C schools for CTNs? I thought they combined them all into JCAC. I know there's no C school in my orders.

C Schools may/often come later in your career.

[FlyNavy]

Originally Posted by Barbazu

Are there C schools for CTNs? I thought they combined them all into JCAC. I know there's no C school in my orders.

Not reallllly for N-branchers. But don't sweat that, you're going to get sent to all kinds of training anyway. Most of those classes aren't formal Navy schools though, hence why you don't get a C-school. You'll typically get TDY (Temporary Duty) orders to a different things they need to send you for based on what you're doing.

Not all CTNs do the same things; in some cases they can be dramatically different. So before they send you to any extra schools they need to see where you're gonna land at you duty station first. Once you get there you'll understand why that's the case.

Couldn't remember if you were a reservist or not. That would change things a bit, since you would have to push your command to go do some schools, probably during your AT. But that doesn't mean you can't do them; you still totally can. We qualified reservists on different things all the time.

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