Be careful, because I don't think it's a magic 13-month window for retirement. You have to have you ask to get your retirement date approved. They could extend it for a remote/365.

The screwed up AF method requires you to first submit a request that confirms you are retirement eligible which can take up to 10 business days. Only after that comes back can you actually submit your retirement request.

My experience and one buddy was that once they saw you submitted the first request they'd take you off the list. Apparently they've been burned by this (having people not actually submit the second request) so they almost wouldn't accept that either (current as of last week) but he was 2nd on the list so they accepted it.

I've also seen someone with 18 months left get a remote. At the end of their year, they were told they could finish their 6 months at the remote location or accept a 6-month extension (12-month ADSC) to return stateside.