AFI 36-2110 states the following:

For Lt Col and below..."An officer officially notified of selection for an extended deployment"...and has "No ADSC, or an ADSC that expires on or before completion of 365 Day commitment plus 30 days"...then "Officer may request a retirement date which is not later than the first day of the seventh month after event notification date (mo/yr) OR the first day of the month upon completion of 20 years TAFMS, whichever is later."

Since I have an ADSC until July 2014 I should meet this criteria to 3-day opt any 365 that comes down and since I have 21 years I will have to retire 7 months later.

My other concern is that by putting in my retirement now, I may highlight myself for a 179. Would they factor my May terminal leave in if a 179 came down? I imagine terminal leave is at CC discretion and not a guarantee.

We had two Lt Cols here that got hit with 365 notifications in Jan and both are retiring 1 Aug.