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Comment by Todd J on August 2, 2011 at 9:20am

 

Oscar, I can't stress enough that while your sailor is at GLRTC, write her letters as much as humanly possible.  It is their life line to the outside world.  It doesn’t matter what you write. Just say hi, tell them what you did at work, or even ate for lunch that day, what happned on their favorite TV show, it doesn’t matter, just WRITE.   You can send some pictures but be careful/discreet.  The RDC's will look at their mail to be sure there is no "contraband."   DO NOT send food, snacks, oversized cards or the ones that play music etc. It will work against them.  We cut and pasted photos into the letters, which seemed to be permissible.   The photos were just of the pets, a new car etc. Our kitchen was being remodeled at the time so we sent pics of the process too.   We found it VERY helpful here on NAVY DADS.  It’s a great group of people with something very special in common… OUR SAILORS!  The RTC website http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/  is also very informative

Comment by Todd J on August 2, 2011 at 9:06am

Yes your CTR's will go to Corry. to tag ion to my previous post and Jim A's comment below, Be prepared to not hear much about what they are learning as it is highly classified.   If they haven’t completed their security background clearances, they will soon during “holding.”  Holding is a waiting periods until they "class-up" (start classes) for A and then again for C School.   They will still need to muster and be subject to periodic inspections.  They will have other duties/jobs as well.   They regain access to their cell phones and internet.   Make sure you go to visit them!  P'cola Beach is lots of fun.  The NAS Museum is a MUST see.  Their privileges increase as time goes on and they demonstrate responsibility. If you go in the summer it is HOT and HUMID! 

Comment by Oscar Zuniga-Hernandez on August 2, 2011 at 8:33am

HooYah!! good day all,

my daughter will join Grate Lakes on 8/30 and after her eight weeks she will be at P-Cola. I am joining this group to see how things are at CTR training.

Best wishes all.

Comment by boilerdad on July 22, 2011 at 7:03pm

my son will be going to P-cola for CTR training after he graduates on September 1st. (Cory Station I believe is where he will be going.)

Comment by Jim A on April 17, 2011 at 12:49am

He will love Corry Station.  He should be able to have visitors within a few weeks of arrival.  We took our son's car to him about a month after he arrived.  I don't know much about CTT's but I believe sonme or all of them spend some time at the NAS in P-cola before moving to Corry Station.  My son is a CTN.  If I recall from what I have read, the CTT A-school is self-paced and quite a bit different than the CTR and CTN A-schools.

Comment by Todd J on April 16, 2011 at 7:40am

Corry is nothing like boot. Thye get their phones back, internet access, etc. It's a different world.  They have go through phases and earn leave off base though, that doesn't take long.  As our sailor says.."It's easy as long as you pay attention and do what you are told."   LOL 

Comment by James D on April 15, 2011 at 7:22pm

Thank you gentlemen. I'm completely up to speed on RTC and PIR thanks. I have been scouring the internet and reading every Navy website and have liked every Navy facebook page known to man since my son signed up in July. lol I will be hitting you up once he hits Corry Station though. At what phase (weeks)are they allowed any liberty off base? When are people allowed to visit?

Comment by Todd J on April 15, 2011 at 5:18am

James, Welcome.

 

Most of our sailors are out in the fleet so we cant share a whole lot as we dont know it! We do learn aot form our shipc's CMC and CDR via the ships Ombsudman facebook page.   

 

Our sailor was at Corry for A and C school so he was there from April of last year through December when he was assigned to his ship.  They deployed in January so it was good to get to see him a few times especially around the Holidays.

We went to PCola a few times to visit, do go and check out the Museum at NAS. There is a lot to do there. We will all be here when your sailor gets out of Basic. Right now focus on him there and getting to PIR. That is quite an expereince It si something we will remeber for the rest of our lives.  Teh Boot camp and PIR gorups wil help you with questions about the day getting there and where to stay, what to do etc... meanwhile, write him letters, letters, letters!   

 

 

 

 

Comment by James D on April 15, 2011 at 1:56am

My son will arrive at Corry Station at the end of May after his PIR from boot. His is a CTT. Your post are old on this site. Not too much activity here, you guys are laggin'. lol Navy for moms is kicking your butt.

Comment by Craig on November 30, 2010 at 9:11pm

Woo-hoo, my nephew started BE&E school today. He is already asking me electronic stuff....

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