Originally Posted by mrober37

I may have an issue with getting out of the military. I was hired a month ago and am now in the pool. I thought that the military would allow me to retire on the 1st of December allowing me to be on terminal as early as 15 August. However, since the command I am at is short on fixed wing pilots they may want (require) me to stay around till Mid-February 2016 to get the retirement. What is a military deferral? and how long will they be willing to defer me for? I am not in a terrible situation because i can still always get out, but that would be leaving a lot of money on the table for only 5 months of service. I do not want to do anything to jeopardize my current CJO. Thanks in advance!