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I applied for the US Air Force Cyber Command in 2008. While there is no way I could get a clearance I hoped to work in a purely defensive position. At the tim

I applied for the US Air Force Cyber Command in 2008. While there is no way I could get a clearance I hoped to work in a purely defensive position. At the time every branch of the military wanted its own computer security force; eventually they were unified under the Joint Forces Cyber Command, which is under the Stategic Command (STRATCOM); the Strategic Command is the joint successor to the Strategic Air Command. (The military is heavily into the word "Joint". I cannot possibly speculate as to why.) Each branch has its own force, MARFORCYBER for the Marines and so on. They are all based in Ft. Meade however Ft. Meade really isn't that big. I expect they just use Ft. Meade to receive snail mail, but if you look up its Zip Code at http://www.usps.com/ http://www.usps.com/ in bright red text the resulting page says "The Postal Service does not deliver mail to Ft. Meade" but then provides the Zip Code. (At least it did last time I checked.) Also at Ft. Meade and open to the public is the National Cryptological Museum. You can see stuff like a U-2 and a real Enigma machine there. You can apply to work for These United States at http://www.usajobs.gov/ http://www.usajobs.gov/ I watched some recruiting videos when I applied to the USAF Cyber Command; one of pointed out that cell phones are not permitted in secure areas because they have a maintenance mode that enables The Phone Company to listen in without your knowledge. Have A Nice Day.

jonnybgood 11y ago
> (The military is heavily into the word "Joint". I cannot possibly speculate as to why.) Joint refers to a multibranch organization. The Joint Forces Cyber Command, for example, doesn't belong to a specific branch, but employs multiple branches. The commander can be Air, Army, Navy, or Marine. When any two branches work together it becomes joint.
- valarauca1 11y ago
  >The commander can be Air, Army, Navy, or Marine. In non-combat joint operations. Like technological development, R&D, etc. The Marines are represented by the Navy, as they're part of the Navy.
  - mattlutze 11y ago
    The USMC will still have personnel stationed in these organizations, it won't all be Navy.
    - MichaelCrawford 11y ago
      "Hey Dad, why is the flag at half mast?" "I dunno. Some Marine Corps General died."
    - MichaelCrawford 11y ago
      Do Marines serve aboard Naval vessels? I do understand that the Marine Corps was created because the Navy wasn't having a whole lot of luck with attacking the Barbary Pirates on land, so the Navy delivered the Marines to Tunisia or Morocco or what have you then the Marines dealt with the pirates after going ashore in a Ground Effect Vehicle. I have only been aboard just one of my father's boats, the USS Springfield in Gaeta, Italy in 1970 and '71. I clearly remember this huge battleship but when I visited in 1997 what I expect was the same kind of ship looked more like a canoe. I think the Springfield was either a Light Cruiser or a Missile Cruiser but Dad never made a whole lot of sense when he tried to explain things verbally. Anyway I don't recall ever seeing any Marines there in Gaeta. I do understand that in These Modern Times the United States Marine Corps jets around aboard Virgin Air.
      - mattlutze 11y ago
        I imagine Marines will be deployed at least on Naval vessels with combat or combat support missions. I imagine Marines fly missions from aircraft carriers alongside Navy pilots, albeit fewer. And, land-based research or other commands (like the previous poster had mentioned) will still have Marines -- it's more than just a large infantry unit.
- MichaelCrawford 11y ago
  My high school newspaper was named "The Joint Union" after the "Armijo Joint Union High School District". When one rolled a copy up a certain way, one got a long, narrow, cylindrical paper object that said "Joint" along its length.
m3talridl3y 11y ago
> While there is no way I could get a clearance Due to something on your record, MJ use, or is it just really difficult fir civilians to attain?
- MichaelCrawford 11y ago
  Well maybe I do have some hope of my clearance being approved. While I flee from The Thought Police, Trixie shoots at them: http://www.warplife.com/mdc/books/vancouver-diaries/thought-police.html http://www.warplife.com/mdc/books/vancouver-diaries/thought-... Due to the dangerous nature of her work, Trixie has a concealed carry permit and so would bring her "nine" on our dates, stash in her purse I expect. My sister "The Fat Witch with a Gun" packs heat at the fucking library. http://www.purple-ducky.com/ http://www.purple-ducky.com/ My family is heavily into genealogy as my mother was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution; she tells me that I am entitled to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution but I work alone. This leads to my observation that severe mental illness is common among both sides of my extended family going back five hundred years, even those who are not my blood relatives such as my sister's husband's schizophrenic ex-wife. There's a reason for this, actually it is quite common but I will explain later because I have to see a man about a horse.
MichaelCrawford 11y ago
Back in the day one of JFK's more-insightful aids was pictured in Time (or maybe Life) magazine while holding a handbag that contained a document whose "TOP SECRET ULTRA" stamp was clearly visible. The United States Congress swiftly outlawed the expression "TOP SECRET ULTRA" then replaced it with something but I will never know because that classification is itself TOP SECRET something-or-other. After the dust settled from the document-stamping party the Director of the NSA dropped a dime to JFK's insightful aid to thank him for setting The American Taxpayer back a quarter-million dollars. New rubber stamps, see. Just now I looked up the United States Marine Corps Forces Cyber Command only to find that it's know known as the United States Marine Core Forces Cyberspace. Each branch seems to have its own take on how to take on America's enemies by dropping too many documents on Mom's iMac thereby running it completely out of "gigabytes". Mom and I failed to have a meeting of the minds until she came up with "gigabytes". It is of no use to point out that she really means "storage" so I just say "gigabytes" when I talk shop with my mother. Doubtlessly widespread unemployment would result in the Congressional Districts where rubber stamp factories may be found were our Joint Forces not to adopt new names every time three sane men simultaneously saw the very first crescent moon after the new moon.

jonnybgood 11y ago

> (The military is heavily into the word "Joint". I cannot possibly speculate as to why.) Joint refers to a multibranch organization. The Joint Forces Cyber Command, for example, doesn't belong to a specific branch, but employs multiple branches. The commander can be Air, Army, Navy, or Marine. When any two branches work together it becomes joint.

valarauca1 11y ago
>The commander can be Air, Army, Navy, or Marine. In non-combat joint operations. Like technological development, R&D, etc. The Marines are represented by the Navy, as they're part of the Navy.
- mattlutze 11y ago
  The USMC will still have personnel stationed in these organizations, it won't all be Navy.
  - MichaelCrawford 11y ago
    "Hey Dad, why is the flag at half mast?" "I dunno. Some Marine Corps General died."
  - MichaelCrawford 11y ago
    Do Marines serve aboard Naval vessels? I do understand that the Marine Corps was created because the Navy wasn't having a whole lot of luck with attacking the Barbary Pirates on land, so the Navy delivered the Marines to Tunisia or Morocco or what have you then the Marines dealt with the pirates after going ashore in a Ground Effect Vehicle. I have only been aboard just one of my father's boats, the USS Springfield in Gaeta, Italy in 1970 and '71. I clearly remember this huge battleship but when I visited in 1997 what I expect was the same kind of ship looked more like a canoe. I think the Springfield was either a Light Cruiser or a Missile Cruiser but Dad never made a whole lot of sense when he tried to explain things verbally. Anyway I don't recall ever seeing any Marines there in Gaeta. I do understand that in These Modern Times the United States Marine Corps jets around aboard Virgin Air.
    - mattlutze 11y ago
      I imagine Marines will be deployed at least on Naval vessels with combat or combat support missions. I imagine Marines fly missions from aircraft carriers alongside Navy pilots, albeit fewer. And, land-based research or other commands (like the previous poster had mentioned) will still have Marines -- it's more than just a large infantry unit.
MichaelCrawford 11y ago
My high school newspaper was named "The Joint Union" after the "Armijo Joint Union High School District". When one rolled a copy up a certain way, one got a long, narrow, cylindrical paper object that said "Joint" along its length.

m3talridl3y 11y ago

> While there is no way I could get a clearance Due to something on your record, MJ use, or is it just really difficult fir civilians to attain?

MichaelCrawford 11y ago
Well maybe I do have some hope of my clearance being approved. While I flee from The Thought Police, Trixie shoots at them: http://www.warplife.com/mdc/books/vancouver-diaries/thought-police.html http://www.warplife.com/mdc/books/vancouver-diaries/thought-... Due to the dangerous nature of her work, Trixie has a concealed carry permit and so would bring her "nine" on our dates, stash in her purse I expect. My sister "The Fat Witch with a Gun" packs heat at the fucking library. http://www.purple-ducky.com/ http://www.purple-ducky.com/ My family is heavily into genealogy as my mother was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution; she tells me that I am entitled to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution but I work alone. This leads to my observation that severe mental illness is common among both sides of my extended family going back five hundred years, even those who are not my blood relatives such as my sister's husband's schizophrenic ex-wife. There's a reason for this, actually it is quite common but I will explain later because I have to see a man about a horse.

MichaelCrawford 11y ago

Back in the day one of JFK's more-insightful aids was pictured in Time (or maybe Life) magazine while holding a handbag that contained a document whose "TOP SECRET ULTRA" stamp was clearly visible. The United States Congress swiftly outlawed the expression "TOP SECRET ULTRA" then replaced it with something but I will never know because that classification is itself TOP SECRET something-or-other. After the dust settled from the document-stamping party the Director of the NSA dropped a dime to JFK's insightful aid to thank him for setting The American Taxpayer back a quarter-million dollars. New rubber stamps, see. Just now I looked up the United States Marine Corps Forces Cyber Command only to find that it's know known as the United States Marine Core Forces Cyberspace. Each branch seems to have its own take on how to take on America's enemies by dropping too many documents on Mom's iMac thereby running it completely out of "gigabytes". Mom and I failed to have a meeting of the minds until she came up with "gigabytes". It is of no use to point out that she really means "storage" so I just say "gigabytes" when I talk shop with my mother. Doubtlessly widespread unemployment would result in the Congressional Districts where rubber stamp factories may be found were our Joint Forces not to adopt new names every time three sane men simultaneously saw the very first crescent moon after the new moon.