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Excerpted, below, are some ideas I included in a letter to our son before he left for USN basic.  Perhaps some other Navy Dad, or Navy Mom, will find some of this useful for your son or daughter.

There are three answers to any possible question in basic training and those three answers are:  1. Yes sir.  2. No sir.  3. No excuse, sir.  If they want you to answer in some other way, they’ll tell you how to answer. 

Have a sense of humor, but try not to show your sense…

Max:  See below for a partial answer to your question in the chat-room.

Cryptologic Technicians control the flow of messages and information and also conduct Electronic Warfare. Their work depends on their special branch: CTAs or Administration Cryptologic Technicians (As of 01 OCT 07 CTA merged with the YN rating) perform administrative and clerical duties that control access to classified material. CTIs or…

ASVAB information can be found by clicking on this link:  http://www.military.com/ASVAB/0,,ASVAB_MOS.html

Joe

Just in case you may be wondering what's next for your post-PIR NSW-son, see this link for three USN videos about BUDs-prep.

http://www.sealswcc.com/navy-seals-naval-special-warfare-prep-school.aspx

Hooyah!

Attention all Navy Dads:  Click this link and then sign up for daily updates that come directly to your email address--this is a great resource for all sorts of Navy-related information:  http://www.navy.mil/
Joe

Tom had a question about when his son would be graduating from boot camp.  The link, below, might be useful for other parents with the same question:

http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp

Lots of good information there. . . .

Joe