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.
Chief, down through the various grades of. rank, to the enlisted persons leading the. smallest Army elements. This is also known. as the command channel. Staff officers and. administrative noncommissioned officers. (NCOs) are not in the chain of command.