The latest from AFFSA is that the FAA is reviewing it in accordance with the NPRM standards and is leaning towards having you take the writtens but then giving you credit for the checkrides by virtue of your mil. comp. but nothing is set in stone. I agree with wingnut, having done the CFII/MEI before joining the mil and becoming a mil. IP, it is much different teaching someone with 0 hours how to fly a C-152 than teaching a UPT grad with 200+ hours the intricacies of the mighty KC-135 after they've gone through the school house...now people that have done a tour in T-37, T-34, T-6 types at initial UPT, that's a different story...