Shut up and color.
Take your lumps and learn.
If you quibble, and it is quibbling, you may win the battle...but you may also lose the war.
And of course, the obvious answer, don’t fuck up the pattern and you won’t face this issue.
I’m an inch shorter than when I started UPT because I was young and bulletproof in a viper.
I am no longer young and my back and neck remind me of that every day.
Was it worth it? Prolly. Ask me again when I’m 60
They would have had to get to you MUCH earlier. Waaaay before getting close to the end of your ADSC for any “good deals” to have any effect.
basically, they’d have to make the AF great again from the start. Good luck.
While you CAN..... it’s generally considered polite to wait until you’re off probation.
Hell, you can drop mil leave in Indoc if you’re feeling froggy.