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Comment by Anna on November 16, 2012 at 11:49pm

M's mom and Mary,

Yes, Jenn is in Pensacola waiting to class up as a Naval Flight Officer.  Catherine is out now and is in PA going to PSU on her GI bill.  My son is the IS and Mary, I'm not sure what the standard reenlistment is for IS.  Chris requested 6 years because he wants to go IA.  Don't ask me why - - - you know my Chris!!!!

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on November 16, 2012 at 10:49pm

Anna's son is IS. One twin daughter, Jennifer just completed OCS and is becoming a pilot.Her other twin daughter, Catherine was until very recently Personnel. I believe Anna says she has been out a couple of months now. Correct, Anna? 

Comment by M's mom on November 16, 2012 at 10:33pm

Anna, Is your daughter in Intel also?   My son graduated OCS on Sept 7, and he is now in Dam Neck.  Just started Intel Officers School this week.

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on November 16, 2012 at 9:34pm

Cool. I KNEW you could answer but forgot at the moment. I thought of it just as I opened my notice and saw your reply! Haaaaahaaa. Thanks dear, friend.

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on November 16, 2012 at 9:32pm

Anna, Is a reenlistment for another 6 yrs standard for the IS rating or do they have a choice for 4 yrs also?

Comment by Anna on November 16, 2012 at 9:26pm

Mary,

Used to be you put the hash mark on as soon as you made 4 years.  It's not something you have to wait until the pay shows up like advancement!!!!!!

Hey Carl - I forgot to ask about your house situation?  Are you still working on the new one?

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on November 16, 2012 at 9:15pm

Hey Carl and Irene!! Great to hear from you! I am so glad you are going to be able to enjoy Cam's new station. I can imagine he is pretty happy to get off the G-Dub for now. Chris is still attached to the G-Dub. He and his wife will be at Atsugi another two years (more or less). I bet you can answer a question for me. I know Cam is not quite four years yet but Chris just made it 4 yrs since leaving for bc this week. How long after their 4 years do they get the hash for the lower sleeve (4 yrs service with good conduct)?

Are you and Irene doing well?

 

Hope to hear from you soon and I will try to email you during the holiday season. Take care.

Navy Hugs to you both

PS Tell your daughter to keep interpreting!! 

 

Comment by Anna on November 16, 2012 at 9:13pm

Carl and Irene,

So glad to hear from you again!!!  Good to hear Cam is close by and doing well.  Our family has a brand new Ensign - our daughter Jennifer was commissioned the end of Sept after 12 weeks of OCS.  Chris is doing well - reenlisted for 6 more and transferred to Norfolk.  Maybe doing an IA soon over to the sandbox.  Will post more when we know.

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on November 13, 2012 at 9:03pm

I would think that it at least lets employers know if they send out a memo or email to someone with those types of clearances there is little chance of information being released until they want it known. Some people in high places tend to become paranoid. Knowing there is someone trustworthy could be a big factor in promotions etc.

 

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on November 13, 2012 at 4:02pm

Carolyn,

I am only guessing at an answer to your question about clearances being used in civilian jobs, but I think each change in companies or organizations they would have to go through background checks etc again, but already having top clearances will be beneficial once they are in. It is much the same as when I want to volunteer for a public school here there are background checks if you will be having contact with the students. If I go to another school district to work with students there, again, they want another background check. If I want to purchase a handgun then there would be another background check done for that as well.

 

I think each employer would have their own people or contracted agencies that do thorough checks depending on the services they provide and where the job is located. It makes sense to me that a job with the Treasury Department or CIA could potentially call for a higher degree of security than say a job with a local security company. That's kind of how our sailors operate too. One moment their job may not call for special security, but then the next memo they get calls for only one other officer to know...Top Secret. I learned a while back to just not ask about any of it and we can avoid the "Ummm...I can't talk about that". 

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