Clearance required for MT

lacrosseplayer1 · 12-10-2013, 11:43 AM

Hello everyone,
I'm currently in DEP with a MT contract which from what I have seen requires a top secret clearance which I would not be able to get because of my parent's situation. However my recruiter tells me that even though the rate requires an SSBI it doesn't need a top secret clearance. Could someone please confirm or deny this?
Thanks!

Diesirae27 · 12-10-2013, 12:58 PM

Have you DEPed in as MT? If so, you're pretty much in the clear and have nothing to worry about. If you haven't DEPed in, your classifier would be best to answer your question if you don't trust your recruiter.

Haasino · 12-10-2013, 01:29 PM

An SSBI is a Top Secret... your recruiter is either BSing you, or just doesn't know. Did you disclose your family situation on your SF-86? It might not be grounds for denial of a clearance.

kforbs126 · 12-10-2013, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesirae27

Have you DEPed in as MT? If so, you're pretty much in the clear and have nothing to worry about. If you haven't DEPed in, your classifier would be best to answer your question if you don't trust your recruiter.

This is bad advice. Many TS clearances take a long time to approve, same with Secret. Are your parents not citizens? Plenty of people pick rates and get disapproved for clearances in boot and even in A school. I had 2 people complete A school still pending clearances. 1 received his and the other one didn't.

lacrosseplayer1 · 12-10-2013, 02:30 PM

I have DEPped in with MT, however from what I can tell my family's situation would preclude me from getting a TS clearance. I have revealed their status on the SF-86. Kforbs, they aren't citizens or green card holders, they are asylum applicants. Any other suggestions?
Thanks!

lacrosseplayer1 · 12-10-2013, 02:33 PM

Also it says right there on the rate card that an SSBI is required, so I guess my recruiter isn't being too truthful. I'd be more than happy to change my rate to HM(which was what I had originally wanted) but while he has submitted a DAR he says that there's almost no chance that it'll go through.

kforbs126 · 12-10-2013, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by lacrosseplayer1

I have DEPped in with MT, however from what I can tell my family's situation would preclude me from getting a TS clearance. I have revealed their status on the SF-86. Kforbs, they aren't citizens or green card holders, they are asylum applicants. Any other suggestions?
Thanks!

Sounds like you may want to switch rates. I'd put in a DAR no matter what your recruiter says. Because it sounds like they would catch this in bootcamp and re-rate you then.

rac · 12-10-2013, 05:39 PM

I know you can get waivers for that, not sure how hard it would be now though. There was a kid at my station who got a waiver...but he was also 25 and hadn't seen them in a while. I know my mother is not an American citizen but I was eligible for top secret. She is here legally though and has been here for over 20 years.

12-10-2013, 11:43 AM	#1
lacrosseplayer1 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 8	Clearance required for MT Hello everyone, I'm currently in DEP with a MT contract which from what I have seen requires a top secret clearance which I would not be able to get because of my parent's situation. However my recruiter tells me that even though the rate requires an SSBI it doesn't need a top secret clearance. Could someone please confirm or deny this? Thanks!

12-10-2013, 01:29 PM	#3
Haasino Active Duty Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,439 Rep Power: 286	An SSBI is a Top Secret... your recruiter is either BSing you, or just doesn't know. Did you disclose your family situation on your SF-86? It might not be grounds for denial of a clearance. __________________ "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

12-10-2013, 05:39 PM	#8
rac Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Washington Posts: 89 Rep Power: 15	I know you can get waivers for that, not sure how hard it would be now though. There was a kid at my station who got a waiver...but he was also 25 and hadn't seen them in a while. I know my mother is not an American citizen but I was eligible for top secret. She is here legally though and has been here for over 20 years. __________________ Ship date: 14AUG13 Graduation date: 11OCT13 I fix airplanes sometimes. I know everything there is to know about absolutely nothing.

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12-10-2013, 12:58 PM	#2
Diesirae27 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 127 Rep Power: 19	Have you DEPed in as MT? If so, you're pretty much in the clear and have nothing to worry about. If you haven't DEPed in, your classifier would be best to answer your question if you don't trust your recruiter.

12-10-2013, 02:30 PM	#5
lacrosseplayer1 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 8	I have DEPped in with MT, however from what I can tell my family's situation would preclude me from getting a TS clearance. I have revealed their status on the SF-86. Kforbs, they aren't citizens or green card holders, they are asylum applicants. Any other suggestions? Thanks!

12-10-2013, 02:33 PM	#6
lacrosseplayer1 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 8	Also it says right there on the rate card that an SSBI is required, so I guess my recruiter isn't being too truthful. I'd be more than happy to change my rate to HM(which was what I had originally wanted) but while he has submitted a DAR he says that there's almost no chance that it'll go through.