Whats the minimum clearance required for an OS?

is it Classified, Secret or Top Secret

you have to qualify for a secret clearence. you will recieve it sometime in A school or shortly afterwards in which case you will get a temporary. if you do not qualify for a secret clearance you will be kicked out of os a school

thanks so much for answering my question! are there any cases where an OS would need to recieve an TS clearance? or do you stay at secret

TS if you get underway.

It all depends on your unit and what you'll be doing/working with.

If you stay in for the long haul, at some point in your career you will be in a position that will require you to have a TS.

You will need at least a Secret clearance. TS is work dependent like above. Classified is a generic reference to the "state" of some type material or document. There is no "Classified" clearance. Read COMDTINST 5520.12C and 5510.23 those will get you started. Plus, as an added bonus, as an OS you will use those Pubs for the rest of your life.

As it has been said in previous replies an OS is required to have a minimum of a Secret Clearance to do their job. Each unit has their own requirement based on the type of information that is sent and received from that unit. If you do get underway you will be required to hold a TS even though you may only handle up to S. In a land billet you may have a TS already on file but most billets only require an S so that is all you will be allowed.

The key word in the question is REQUIRED. Becuase of that, the answer is SECRET. Though all of the comments about TS are ALMOST accurate, it still is not REQUIRED to be an OS.

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TS if you get underway.

Hummmm I work at a C4IT position and I am required to have a TS. I don't feel this cubical a rocking, there's no seat belt on my chair. Where the hell is my sea pay???

There are several positions that require you to have a TS or higher clearance in the CG as a OS. As the Master Chief already pointed out... cause he always has to point something out (whoops did I type that out loud?) You are only REQUIRED Secret to be an OS, but you'd be missing out on some really great opportunities if Secret was the highest level you were able to achieve. Just droped my .02!!

I do believe, and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, that TS for ICC, MIFC and the like. TS required underway and for some particular land units as well like I'd just mentioned

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Originally posted by JekelKat13:
I do believe, and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, that TS for ICC, MIFC and the like. TS required underway and for some particular land units as well like I'd just mentioned

If those intel jobs were done by OSs still, you would be partially right, it is actually an access level above TS. But those are IS billets.

Well - I can say I KNOW that some of those Intel jobs are held by OS's. Although the IS rate is in full force, not all IS's billets are currently (as in right now) filled by IS's.

OK, so you asked to be corrected and then didn't like it.

The original question was what is required for an OS. Not what might be required if you are an OS and somehow get assigned to be an IS billet. Further, if your eligibility level is TS, you will not even get in the door at several of those places.

I realize that most Intel jobs need an SCI. I was stating what OS's may have clearances for what reasons. I actually wasn't answering the initial poster but joining into the post randomly refering to some of the conversations.

MC, you state I don't like being corrected, which all in all, is not true. I mean, bottom line who really DOES like being corrected?
I replied simply to clarify my original post.

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Originally posted by Mightyz90_93:
The key word in the question is REQUIRED. Becuase of that, the answer is SECRET. Though all of the comments about TS are ALMOST accurate, it still is not REQUIRED to be an OS.

I have never encountered the situation, but how are members handled that have orders to a Cutter and are unable to obtain a Final TS? Are they simply transferred to a shore unit, which obviously has advancement ramifications in the long term, or are they processed for discharge since they are not eligble for worldwide assignment?

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Originally posted by UnderwayMakingWay:

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Originally posted by Mightyz90_93:
The key word in the question is REQUIRED. Becuase of that, the answer is SECRET. Though all of the comments about TS are ALMOST accurate, it still is not REQUIRED to be an OS.

I have never encountered the situation, but how are members handled that have orders to a Cutter and are unable to obtain a Final TS? Are they simply transferred to a shore unit, which obviously has advancement ramifications in the long term, or are they processed for discharge since they are not eligble for worldwide assignment?

OS's specifically or any rate?

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Originally posted by JekelKat13:

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Originally posted by UnderwayMakingWay:

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Originally posted by Mightyz90_93:
The key word in the question is REQUIRED. Becuase of that, the answer is SECRET. Though all of the comments about TS are ALMOST accurate, it still is not REQUIRED to be an OS.

I have never encountered the situation, but how are members handled that have orders to a Cutter and are unable to obtain a Final TS? Are they simply transferred to a shore unit, which obviously has advancement ramifications in the long term, or are they processed for discharge since they are not eligble for worldwide assignment?

OS's specifically or any rate?

Since we are on an OS board i'll assume that we are still talking about OSs.
If you got orders to a ship, and you were denied a TS clearance you would still work on the ship and perform "almost" all duties assigned (assuming you were eligible for a Secret clearance). They would not just throw you on the streets. If that were the case they would make TS mandatory. With a secret clearance aboard a cutter you can perform almost all duties as normal. You just have to be aware of your surroundings and remove yourself from any situation in which TS material may be present. Even this isn't too difficult, you wont be missing out on much. If I remember correctly less than half of the OSs had TS clearance when I was underway.... so dont worry too much about it.

Ahhhh - we can post again!

OK - in practice right now, we don't even PCS folks who loose their Secret eligibilty, so no, a PCS becuase you can not get TS is very unlikely.