Selection board 2012 for air force

I have not gotten word on my clearance but I was commissioned with knowing that if they are not giving me clearance then I have to give up my commission. I may not know about my clearance until I get my security briefing. That's how it was with enlisted. Are you waiting on congress to OK you? It has to pass both the reserve and active duty for congretional aproval. It's really just a formality that takes for ever.

I feel I am so far behind!! Lol. I wish I could be a fly on the wall during the board selections tomorrow.. I so want to be joining u all this August. :)

Hi RN4Life2,I guess my recruiter is not doing it like that. She said I have to wait on my security clearance before actually commissioning. Do you know when you do you security briefing? I'm not even sure if I am also waiting on Congress. She didn't say anything about that.

Officership can only be approved by congress because we are appointed by congress to lead, therefore there is a period called "scroll" when we wait for congress to approve it's new officers. This is regardless of career. Scroll can take up to 3-4 months. I received my reserve approval within a month and my active approval two weeks latter then commissioned the next week. As with security clearance, I am not sure if there is a difference between prior-enlisted and non-prior. This could be the discrepancy, otherwise the process is standardized and by the book. You have plenty of time though and I would not sweat it. As with the security briefing with enlisted, it was with in-prosessing at the first base. Relax..... everything will happen in their time.

Thanks RN4Life2 for clearing that up.

I checked with my recruiter and the beginning of the security check must be completed before being commissioned. This consist of initializing the investigation and does not take long, not as long as scroll.

Hi RN4Life2!

I spoke with my recruiter yesterday and she said that my security clearance has come back and is fine. Now we are waiting on congress to sign the scroll. She didn't make it seem like it could take 3-4 months though. She said I should be able to commission next week. Hopefully that will happen sooner than later because the base here is kind of hesitant on doing any medical clearance for my son and I before I commission (which is understandable to me). But I definitely want clearance before I go to COT.

Thank you for looking into the information for me!

Any news on possibly early release of selections??

Rarely happens, I was first round selected (first week of selection, early February) and found out one day before the release date (three weeks later). Hurry up and wait is not just a saying, it's a way of life. Good luck.

Someone from the "armed forces" contacted my hospital today inquiring about the hospital info for an RN they are considering... :))) Trying not to get too excited but that sounds pretty positive to me..... Anyone else hear of something like this happening?

Sooo... Do they have their list????

Hope they don't make us wait another week.... Time to release results tomorrow! Any news otherwise??