Almost anything is exempt from the five-year limit right now as long as it involves support for one of the various GWOT contingencies. I also think anything which is reasonable backfill for warfighters (ie IP tour) also counts, although that determination MUST be made the the competent authority writing the orders, and the orders should so state.

- Almost anything can qualify
- There's no audit system that I'm aware of to validate exemptions
- It doesn't cost the component anything to label requirements as exempt
- There is no benefit for the component to run a reservists five-year clock...that might even make him non-available when they need him later.

For these reasons, odds are really good that you will be exempt. Ask the competent authority to write it on your orders.

The only thing which I could see not being exempt would be an ADSW or AD recall to serve as the director of the USNA marching band, or something along those lines.