I want to drop my green to gold packet but i am about to deploy. Can i go ahead and drop the packet now or do i have to wait till after my deployment is over to do it. If i can do it now how long will it take for me to contacted letting me know that i have been excpeted and will it effect my deployment.

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Do a search. We have a Green To Gold thread somewhere here and it's got input from one of our members who actually did it. He hasn't been around lately but his posts are still here to find.

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And a quick search would've yielded something like this:

few quick green to gold questions!

Hope this helps, and good luck.

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