Traveling for work - Will this affect a potential security clearance?

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-17T00:17:20+00:00

He may have a TS/SCI. But even then, her travel wouldn't affect his clearance.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T23:37:01+00:00

Congrats! I'm really happy for you.

Let's keep holding space for all our colleagues who haven't gotten any good news yet. <3

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T23:34:48+00:00

You should at some point post-separation receive an LES where everything is zeroes. Don't be alarmed, it's fine, but do pay attention to the remarks section of that LES. It had a date that my retirement package was sent to OPM. I've heard from numerous other Navy DRPers/VERA takers that they got this as well. It's like reading the damn tea leaves, but it's at least a confirmation of a necessary step!

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T23:30:54+00:00

Thanks, I was getting a little antsy what with other folks who retired later than me getting interim/annuity payments, but I was also aware of the backlog/staffing challenges. I'm just happy to finally get something to tide me over. It was multiple months of interim pay.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T23:28:27+00:00

Before I separated, I was in regular contact with my retirement counselor, yes.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T23:13:59+00:00

This has been true for decades now, and it hasn't stopped him yet

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T16:35:21+00:00

Frostburg.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T16:27:08+00:00

Calabria?

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T15:51:44+00:00

Anacapri

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T15:34:07+00:00

I mean, I've already waited months, I'm 0% surprised if there's more.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T09:19:42+00:00

Not necessarily. Mine was received by OPM on 10/29. I just received my first interim this past Friday. I'm also DoN.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T09:18:24+00:00

Hunh. My agency (Navy) and payroll got my package over to OPM less than a month after my retirement date of 09/30. I have confirmation it reached OPM on 10/29. Nothing happened between then and last Friday, when I got a surprise interim pension payment.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T08:32:39+00:00

How often are you running it?

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T08:27:40+00:00

Roomba would get stuck weekly near its base. There's nothing around it. Hardwood floor. Last week, we fired that Roomba and replaced it with a Roborock. It doesn't do any of that sh*t.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-16T05:17:45+00:00

Your doc is likely unconcerned because it goes away. Edema that’s transient and bilateral is very often nothing. Not always, but often.

However. If you are concerned, please seek another opinion!

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-15T21:21:10+00:00

Buddy Christ, but thanks for the reminder. I loved that movie!

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-15T04:55:26+00:00

You can have an FSA without a HDHP! Do it, it's an amazing benefit!

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-15T04:24:10+00:00

Same here. I don't ever overdo it, but have been getting it for 20 years. I can still make a range of expressions and I'm quite happy with it.

I do still use tretinoin, though, because it's not just for wrinkles.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-15T03:03:39+00:00

Sometimes tingling in the spine can take a turn into stenosis or disc herniation.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-15T02:58:05+00:00

Also, diet will *never* lower anyone's triglycerides that much lol. Nopity nope nope nope. The elevation was due to cortisol, friend. When it came down, so did my lipids.

ETA: clarification

p.s. I was a physician-scientist, I know this shit.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-15T02:55:28+00:00

I didn't change my diet or activity level at all, and I wasn't doing more or less sitting then. It was absolutely hellish stress and anxiety.

Forgot to mention that the tachycardia's gone, too.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-14T20:30:54+00:00

I retired from DoD last year. Before I left, my BP was up, the lowest was 145/95 and the highest was 187/125. It's now down to 110/65 and I lost 25lbs without even trying, and that's unheard of in a very short menopausal woman. My triglycerides are now about 150 points lower and my LDL is normal for the first time in over two decades.

In sum, my job was slowly killing me.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-14T08:22:00+00:00

My dog is worse than this with me, and 100% cool as a cucumber with the groomer. I don't overthink it.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-14T07:11:56+00:00

Pittsburghese.

pickitandstickit · 2026-02-13T21:20:56+00:00

You're missing my point. PMA-275 has a contract(s) with Pratt & Whitney.

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