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I believe that's a yes to both. My understanding, which is admittedly hearsay from a prior DH who formerly worked in Millington, is that they need to hit a certain selection percentage, so they'll pull a bunch of LTs up to hit that percentage and make more O-4's overall. Which sounds like a raw deal for those getting looked at early only to get passed over, who might've otherwise made it had they had their look on time (getting a better FITREP, a more competitive ground job, or something like that).
One of my buddies is now getting looked at this year instead of next, so instead of bringing a checkout highwater breakout EP to the board, it's gonna be a high MP.