An interim clearance allows a person to have access to collateral classified information (at the level requested without a caveat) while his or her final clearance is being processed. For example, a person with an Interim Secret may have access to a document marked Secret, but not a caveated one, Secret COMSEC..
Air Force Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (SNCO) Ranks. (E-7 through E-9) Air Force enlisted members E-7 and above are referred to as SNCOs. Air Force SNCOs are expected to set the highest standards of personal integrity, loyalty, leadership, dedication, and devotion to duty including upholding Air Force policies, traditions, and standards.
Specialists can be promoted to corporal, the lowest rank of non-commissioned officer, or NCO. An NCO is an enlisted man with the responsibility to lead other soldiers. Corporals lead teams of a few soldiers within a squad. Each squad of as many as 10 soldiers is led by one or more sergeants or a staff sergeant. In squads with a staff sergeant, the staff sergeant commands any other sergeants in the squad.