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Army MOS question: Public Affairs Spec.?

Soldiers, help me out here. I am enlisting in the Army, I am in my 30's and have earned a BA in English and am published. I am interested in only 3 MOS':

46Q-Public Affairs/46R Public Affairs Broadcast Spec.

I recently along with 59 other people were laid off from a DC based magazine and subsequently this has hurt my *credit*--is it true that you need a "top secret clearance" for this MOS? And if disqualified, what are other MOS' that don't need clearances that involve writing--it's my first love! Any suggestions would be appreciated--all the MOS' seem so technical in nature and I am NOT a numbers or math person--at all!

Thanks, Soldiers!
@Jeff, thank you!! I think we're the only two awake, I am writing. I am almost 40 so the 'Officer' route is closed to me :(

Don't worry about the clearance unless you've compromised yourself by having done something "bad" in your past and are denying it now. Having said that... you don't need a "Top Secret" clearance and if you get one, you won't know it until it happens (they do some background work that takes a while).

I was deployed with a CAB (civil affairs battalion) once and they had every MOS in the book. They were like a little portable government that showed up to help us settle out the area... among them were a few "reporters", a bunch of intel people, linguists and some special forces. There's a place for you to pursue your talents, you just need to get some professional career advice from someone who knows... recruiting.

Edit: BTW.. the reporter guy was packing a 9mm. It's the Army... you will learn how to kill and be expected to defend yourself and those around you. You probably won't be doing any "unbiased" reporting either.

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