Originally Posted by MikeF16

AEF center is out of control. They're handing out AEFs up to a year in advance and there is no 3-day/7-day option, unless you have a DoR you're going. I submitted my retirement application on Friday since it takes up to 6 weeks to process and I'm eligible to deploy beginning Oct '14 but can retire July '14. Gives me about 6 weeks of slop but holding my cards another 6 weeks probably doesn't buy me anything.