DOD Secret Clearance

[GasX]

Is your next post going to be on where to learn to fly a crop duster?

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Is your next post going to be on where to learn to fly a crop duster?

God that would be cool. I wanna go barn-storming Red Baron style!

 

[olds]

I got mine by joining the Army. Give that a shot.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I got mine by joining the Army. Give that a shot.

Too bad you can't quit the next day.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Is your next post going to be on where to learn to fly a crop duster?

God that would be cool. I wanna go barn-storming Red Baron style!

Then you learn about fertilizer and diesel fuel...

 

[lupi]

This reminds me, after my first application to TS apperantly the men in black did go around to some relatives/previous neighbors and such about me as I did later receive calls about people going around asking questions. 🙂


And in the true spirit of anything can be waived, the TS has a 5 year reinvestigate period. I had done the paperwork and was scheduled for the investigator to come out at the end of september...of 2001. They finally showed up circa summer of 04.

 

[Deeko]

haha nice. Oh yea, they do the background check. They actually visited every employer, every reference, every neighbor that I listed. Every one of 'em. I kept getting calls from people asking me why I was joining the Navy (they were sponsoring the clearance).

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: acheron
I have thankfully never had to do a poly. The stories I've heard are bad enough.

An ex-ATF neighbor of mine said that the two questions people failed most (excluding drug questions):

"Have you ever had sex with an animal?"

"Are you attracted to children?"

 

[gar598]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: gar598
Secret isn't worth much, in terms of marketability. TS/SCI full poly/CI/Q/White Yankee is where the money's at.

On the contrary, if you already have secret, it's a lot easier to get into positions requiring higher levels - it's cheaper for companies to upgrade than go directly from scratch.

The difference between a Secret and a TS are night and day. You can obtain a secret in two-three months - TS is around 8months.

White Yankee is a white house-type deal probably comparable to something high up at cia/nsa.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: gar598

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: gar598
Secret isn't worth much, in terms of marketability. TS/SCI full poly/CI/Q/White Yankee is where the money's at.

On the contrary, if you already have secret, it's a lot easier to get into positions requiring higher levels - it's cheaper for companies to upgrade than go directly from scratch.

The difference between a Secret and a TS are night and day. You can obtain a secret in two-three months - TS is around 8months.

White Yankee is a white house-type deal probably comparable to something high up at cia/nsa.

TS is a little less then that for most people. And it's Yankee White, not White Yankee. And YW isn't a classification, it just means that a person with a clearance will be in contact with the President.


<--- works for a contractor for OPM. You're partially full of crap.

 

[wwswimming]

i learned not to volunteer information in this type of situation.

once i was being interviewed by a Defense Intelligence guy for an engineering
spot on the Comanche Helicopter program (the helicopter was cancelled; i was
working on the electronics.)

i said, "you know, i think i would have enjoyed being a Navy Seal. all that swimming.
it would have been fun !"

his blood pressure went up. "what ?! what's that mean ?! what are you saying !?"

there's a time and a place for idle chit chat. i guess DIA interviews is not one of them.

 

[keird]

The first time I requested a security clearance was on the off-chance I could go to the SERE course. I was surprised how easily I got an interim Secret clearance. It followed my career. In 2007 I had to get it re-newed and they made me do the 30 page form electronically with e-QIP. It's so much easier to update your clearance, now.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: keird
The first time I requested a security clearance was on the off-chance I could go to the SERE course. I was surprised how easily I got an interim Secret clearance. It followed my career. In 2007 I had to get it re-newed and they made me do the 30 page form electronically with e-QIP. It's so much easier to update your clearance, now.

Not really, the new sf-86 is a DOG.