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DD has been working hard toward a coveted service selection spot for a line qualified mid doing the "thing she most wants to do for the USN for the next 20". She has been killing it----really!
But a TS Clr is getting in her way, and she just got screwed out of an internship she wants/needs, and the USN wants her to do(as DD describes the letter received from her CoC), because there has been no action on her application.
I absolutely understand that the clearance process is about as transparent as the USNA appointment process, but I do have this experience. 20+ years ago working for an aerospace company, I applied for a TS. It was denied within 4 weeks. Two weeks later, at the request of my employer, I was interviewed, the TS was granted a few weeks after that.
My DDs app is around 9 months old with no action taken and it just got in her way big time.
I'm not looking to discuss S and TS clearances in any depth on a message board, but I am wondering is this kind of delay is common for DoD personnel?
I know that this is DD's problem to resolve, but I am starting to wonder if there is a locked door between her and her goal that can't be unlocked and will never be explained.
She says Marines would be her 2nd choice.
DD has been working hard toward a coveted service selection spot for a line qualified mid doing the "thing she most wants to do for the USN for the next 20". She has been killing it----really!
But a TS Clr is getting in her way, and she just got screwed out of an internship she wants/needs, and the USN wants her to do(as DD describes the letter received from her CoC), because there has been no action on her application.
I absolutely understand that the clearance process is about as transparent as the USNA appointment process, but I do have this experience. 20+ years ago working for an aerospace company, I applied for a TS. It was denied within 4 weeks. Two weeks later, at the request of my employer, I was interviewed, the TS was granted a few weeks after that.
My DDs app is around 9 months old with no action taken and it just got in her way big time.
I'm not looking to discuss S and TS clearances in any depth on a message board, but I am wondering is this kind of delay is common for DoD personnel?
I know that this is DD's problem to resolve, but I am starting to wonder if there is a locked door between her and her goal that can't be unlocked and will never be explained.
She says Marines would be her 2nd choice.