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Originally Posted by ejrwelch
ahhh so happy you came back on here! Congrats time a million! Since I will be following you here in a few months (to DLI and everything) here are my questions:
SSBI- how many interviews have you gone through so far? and did they make you do a poly?
DLI- I know the 1st month is all your initial paperwork and getting through phase one but have they talked to you about your language or given you options yet?
How are the barracks?
Where you a grad and go? and if so did you have your family ship your stuff to you or bring a bag to the airport for you?
and finally did they have like a liaison or sponsor pick you up for the airport or was it just a bus ride to the Presidio? Ahh I am so excited for you! September cant get here soon enough. and November will be amazing when I actually get out there to Ca!
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Thanks!
SSBI- I've done two interviews. One at the SSBI office in boot camp where they determine if you'd even be eligible for a top secret clearance or if there's something that might hold you back. At this point you've already got (or should at least) a secret clearance. If everything checks out and you don't need any extra info, you'll basically redo the SF-86 you filled out before and submit it for a top secret clearance.
The second interview was in my ship at boot camp with one of the special agents assigned to my case. It was basically a bunch of the same questions, plus he asked for contact info for more friends, roommates, etc. So have as much of that with you in boot camp as possible. If you've gone to college, keep in mind some professors you've had as well (just name and department). They didn't make me do a poly.
DLI- You'll actually get your language in boot camp. There's a day your entire division will go to classifications, and they'll pull you and any other CTIs aside and give you your language. It will probably still be CTICS Thorton when you're there. He's pretty cool. He'll tell you a little about his experience as a Russian linguist. I don't think he gave any of us a choice with our languages, he mostly based it off what classes were available and what our DLAB scores were.
Phase 1 actually only lasts two weeks here. You'll do a lot of paperwork and sit through a lot of briefs and have a lot of inspections, and you'll have to qualify to stand watch and be a duty driver, but none of it is difficult. I just made phase 2 today, so I'm allowed to go off base and wear civvies now (not that I have any with me yet...) which is pretty exciting.
The barracks aren't bad. You'll start off in the hold building, which is where I'm at now. Two people to a room (though you may or may not have a room to yourself for a while) with a desk, bed, and wall locker/wardrobe for each person. Plus a mini-fridge/microwave and a set of shelves/drawers to share. After a couple months, you'll move to one of four different buildings, but I don't know much about those yet.
Yeah, we graduated on Friday and all flew out on Saturday afternoon. We left for the airport at like 0330 though. You'll probably have a similar experience; Senior Chief Thorton said that's how it usually goes for CTIs. I took a nice long nap in the USO at O'Hare. I had my parents come to the airport and bring me my cell phone and my laptop (which I put in my backpack). I thought about having them bring me a bag of clothes, but sea bag, backpack, and garment bag were a lot to carry, so I'm glad I didn't have an extra bag. I'm still waiting for my mom to ship me some clothes, but that's ok.
When you get to the airport here in Monterey, you'll call the Quarterdeck and they'll send the duty driver to come get you, so don't worry about that.