I am in the Navy now!
I am in the Navy now! After commissioning I was ready for some smooth sailing. I received a few emails from the Naval Operation Support Center (NOSC) and was given directions on how to proceed. Things were looking good. This included directions on how to access many of the governments sites to start my initial naval career. What I didn't appreciate were the order of things that I had to accomplish to get this process moving in a positive direction. Two things, I later realized, had to occur immediately. First, any computer access would only occur when a access form was completed by me and put into the hands of the personnel at the NOSC. The second was obtaining a common access card (CAC). This card would provide the digital signature I had to have to access the government sites. The cards are only issued on military installations typically with appointment. The next logical question was...how do I get on a military installation without proper identification? Thankfully a...