Agree, it should never have been an option. In any case, if you chose that option and took the early command, my point is that nobody want to hear any whining from you now. As pointed out earlier, you made your choice, now live with it.
And to insinuate that early command may have had a positive impact on time to command for others.....if that was the case, then I'd want everybody below me on the seniority list to get their command ahead of me. You can't be serious. Who are you trying to convince?