Pogmusic wrote:
Nellus?
Helicopters are used extensively in support nuke missions. So, he may have been telling the truth. In reality, a TS is no big deal. It is the level of TS that is important. I had a basic TS as an E-3 that was a NAC (National Agency Check). All they did was make sure you weren't wanted on outstanding warrants or had too many speeding tickets. However, as an O-3, I had a TS with all sorts of letters behind it. I think even the clearance level was classified. They checked everything for that one. They checked your references and then went around the neighborhood asking questions about the references. Don't even think about having a missed payment on ANY sort of loan or credit card...
Also, at all levels of clearance, one was constantly reminded of the security classifications and coding of documents and materials. So, anyone, ANYONE, who says that they did not know what the classification code on a document was, did not deserve to have ANY clearance. Just sayin'
Yep, my brother was in ICBMs for the USAF and had an alphabet at the end of his clearance. they even asked
my friends about him (how they connected my high school friends to him attests to how deep they go with these. When I became a Army officer a few years later, I talked with someone about my own clearance and was told most of the heavy lifting had bene done already, I can only assume due to his clearance the years before. hey had my childhood covered, I assume to find out if immediately family might sway someone with their
literal hands on the launch keys.
I had a basic TS as far as I know. They were getting ready for the cool letter version when I decided to pop smoke and seek life elsewhere.
But yeah, I had a (mostly TOW) missile shop in my company and those guys were E-3s mostly and they had all TS clearances due to what they were working on every day.