The typical Battalion Review Board will often take 30 to 60 minutes to complete. Mine took aprroximately 10. It is not because I am someone special, it is because the President of the Board was the same President that resided over my Board last year. To this board the only question that was of concern was why I was a DEP loss last year.

The Board found my explanation of the events and circumstances surrounding my not signing up last year to be acceptable. As Major P said, "Many corporations, or in this case the Army, understand that some people can not accept a job offer because relocation or other factors prevent the potential employee from accepting."

I have to admit that I had my concerns about the Board. As a prior DEP loss the board could have questioned my intentions and commitment to a career in the Army. This Board however did not. Now all that is left is getting the approval on my application from Special Missions. My application will go to them once MEPS clears my consult paperwork.