I used to do TDY duty at Vandenberg myself, 70s. We launched our missiles there, nothing secret about it. Yeah we all had Top Secret clearances because nukes but the base itself is not a secret, nothing there is secret. Everyone knows we launch from there, back in the day there were more civilians running around there than us Air Force Missile Weenies. We had to tote our guidance equipment there for calibration twice a year on each set, the stuff had to be hand carried by two people for security, we would hang around a week waiting on it with no assigned duties so we'd wander around that part of California in our government vehicle.
Maybe people don't view the fact of secret clearances as I do, everyone I worked with had them, because nukes. Vandenberg was one of the least secured bases I ever spent time upon, civilians wandering around all over back then. On the subject of clearances...any of us who acted as hillary did regarding classified data would still be in Leavenworth, or hanged if it were as egregious as hers.
Thanks for your Service, 24 years is a Lifetime in the Service innit.
[–] 20448560? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
First: Thank you and thanks for YOUR service. 24 years was enough of getting beat up and broken. Loved (almost) every minute of it though.
"Maybe people don't view the fact of secret clearances as I do, everyone I worked with had them, because [insert]"
Pretty much sums it up. I get that and I felt the same when I was in. Of those 24 years, I also did of those in SpecOps (1992-1998)...sort of natural thing to have due to your mission, so yeh it's just one of those things you(we) didnt really dwell on because it came with the job. BUT, to someone who hasn't served or hasn't been comfortable in that type of environment may get a bit excited over it. Hence OP's vernacular on the matter and my slightly pedantic correction that technically he's right, coming from his perspective. I was just giving him a little backup in the firefight is all.
And yeh, yer damned right on the Hillary lines...