As Bear has said, you might want to just submit your deferment
papers while calling your S1 to tell him that you don't want to
defer.
Alternatively, your unit may have certain deferment policies. In
my case, I have to go through my OC first for initial approval
before he passes on the deferment request up the line.
If your unit has a similar policy, you might want to go through
your OC (or equivalent) first, with a separate note telling him
that you don't want to defer.
Fudgy, I had defered before. But end up things are screwing up
and my cycles are behaving like a irregular menstrual....
I just pray that the unit can do something.....