I'm in that pool of early eligible. Interestingly enough if they didn't put my group in the early eligible, by this time next year I'm already out and wouldn't have even seen a sniff of an offer from the Air Force. Even if I take the bate, it won't go into affect until next year when after my commitment is up.

What I've gathered from this board so far is to not take the bate and go elsewhere (like Guard/Reserve & Majors).