I'm the OP and appreciate your addition to the thread to be honest. You add another data point in the complex mismatch between bonus ADSC's (and up-front money) offered in the early 2000's and 20/24 options to DOS at continuation boards for passed-over O-4s.

Personally, I have just assumed that I will have to pay back whatever percentage I was "fronted" that falls into the last 1.6 years that I won't be serving. That's fine w/ me, i just want out at 20 now so it's worth it. That said, it isn't clear that the AF really has a 100 percent case for recouping just because they decided to offer "24". Why? Because on the last board, the one in which 150+ passed-over-Major's were shown the "door" instead of continuation, for the first time I was not offered the continuation to 24 (obviously). Every continuation board up until that point, I would get the usual, difficult to decipher series of options that had no applicability to me (other than 1 or 2) and I finally figured out the purpose wasnt that I was part of subsequent continuation board, but just being offered the option to 24.

In any case I am still assuming that I'll pay back the cash at this point, but I'd like to at least double check the calculus the AF uses on the final dollar amount.

With that, just curious as to how they calculated the 17K amount? How much time do you have between your date-of sep at 20 and your bonus ADSC?

Thanks.