Force Shaping Palace Chase. I was told by my MPF that doing it that way was the only way to get approved at the moment. Not sure how much truth to that there is, but that was the way I submitted the paperwork and got an approval in about 3 weeks. It doesn't take long, so if you're going to do it, make sure you've got your "poop" together. Once they give you a separation date, you can't move it around without an act of God. Make sure you give yourself enough time to get ready and take terminal leave if you've got a lot of leave built up. I sold mine back because I didn't have a choice. My unit had a habit of deploying you after you were approved to Palace Chase (even though they're not allowed to), so I had about 3 weeks after coming back from the desert to get out of town.