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When I was in my early 20s, I picked up a confidential clearance in a very short period of time. IIRC it only took a couple of days. The need was very well de
by halbritt 8y ago
When I was in my early 20s, I picked up a confidential clearance in a very short period of time. IIRC it only took a couple of days.
The need was very well defined. I required escorted access into a missile lab to service their network equipment. My background was also quite limited. I'd never traveled much at the time, lived in a couple of states.
- maimeowmeow 8y agoConfidential clearance does not seem stringent. You can avoid reinvestigation for 15 years, while secret needs to be reinvestigated every 10 years. I've generally heard that secret level work is pretty boring, so I doubt confidential would be better.
- dx87 8y agoYou're right about secret level work being boring, it's normally related to stuff like the exact time and location of a military flight or convoy, or other things that can impact people at a smaller level, but aren't really dangerous to the nation as a whole if they get leaked. I think I only ever saw something marked as confidential one time while I was in the military; general information was normally unclassified and anything that was deemed sensitive was bumped up to secret because it was easy to get for anybody that had a need-to-know.