Your security clearance can be worked on and done prior to you leaving for boot depending on the length of your DEP time..or later. WHen I reported to A school, about half of my class of 30 had their clearance. The majrity of them recieved it during the time at A school, and a select few did not.
Now, the thing is, in A school you dont deal with any sensitive information. You can go to the first school without a clearance, but you NEED the clearance to go to power school, as that information is listed as "confidential". The few people that have not recieved it go on to something called T-Track, an interim phase where they work guard duty on the base and stand watch on the quarterdeck, or work as the duty driver. Its not a bad deal. Once their clearance came through, they went into the next power school class.
If your clearance gets denied, then you get removed from the nuke program.(Waivers for everything, the saying goes.,, im not sure if there is or is not one for this.)
But, barring any instances where you have 7 wives, have been sending email or phone calls to Iraq, or were arrested for a felony, dont sweat it. Youll get it when some guy gets around to doing some work that day.
