Originally Posted by
Green Light
I've been denied Palace Chase twice in the last 8 months. The most recent experience ended about a month ago. I tried to turn in 10 months and 21 days for an active duty slot in the WANG. No luck. 11M for what it's worth. They paid guys in my year group 100k to get out 18 months ago, but now I can't transfer my commitment 3 to 1? It doesn't make sense to me. I can 7 day opt but haven't received an assignment yet. Even 6 months ago if you had anything less than 12 it was an automatic yes. Not so anymore.
I'm also an 11M and found the same thing. My committment ends May 09. I applied to get out in Jan 09 (4 months early) and got the Kaibash. As you mentioned, they were letting people go 3+ years early, some with some heavy padding in the pockets (80K+), but I got denied 4 month early release.
If you don't have too much of a committment left, look into Palace Front. That's what I've done. It will prevent a break in service, and the unit will hold a slot for you when you separate (assuming you don't have too much time left). The Reserve recruiter told me that units don't like to hold positions (TR) for more than a year. I suppose you can discuss it with them though when you apply. Mine is holding my TR slot for 10 months (I applied in July). Best of luck!