FWIW, the Navy this year has 90 eligible(those that decide to stay past their initial obligation for you AF guys) candidates for the Dept Screen board in VFA(F/A-18 Community 64 pilots 26 WSO). Last year the Navy selected 67 DH's from the eligibles, again VFA - can't speak to other communities. Of the 90 this year, I don't know how many are second look guys from last year. Either way the Navy still has enough to pull from. I would imagine other communities are in better shape numbers wise, hence no ACCP increase. Again just my .02 from the Navy side of the house.

As for the IA side of the house Buzz, the Navy has been doing those 365 day stints for at least 2 years now. I'm sure AF has been as well in some capacity. The Navy has been pulling dudes out of shore tours and sending them to Iraq, Afghanistan, HOA etc anwhere from 3-12 months in country. Last count was on the order of 13,000 pairs of boots on the ground from the Navy(officer/enlisted alike) to support the Army. My squadron(RTU equiv) alone has 3 dudes in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan as we speak. The Navy has now said rather than pulling dudes out of flying jobs they will send IA's overseas in PCS orders. The funny thing is we attrite guys out of the FRS and they get to walk as winged aviators and get out or take VSP and good dudes who have served well in their fleet tours are being pulled for IA's. Makes no sense to me why a guy/gal with an 8 year committment can walk if he/she can't perform in the jet.