Does the Army follow the ASK-EM process and YMAV or are those "feel good" implementations?

In three days I will have 10 years TIS. I want to go warrant, and every mentor I've had had recommended I do just that. At my current leadership's recommendation and going off my current YMAV of Dec 2023, i decided I'd wait until after deployment to submit a packet.

Then in May (while forward and 19 months before YMAV) I get an email from branch saying I'm being injected mid-market into cycle 23-02. My normal cycle should be 24-01 which would give me ample time to submit a packet.

I was removed from cycle 23-02 and told when to expect my normal cycle...... Then in July I get the Drill Sergeant assessment email and soon thereafter instructions to DLI. At least that had the silver lining of being near the beach..... Until they then changed it to Huachuca two weeks later. All this while I'm deployed and having to readjust the entire next 10 years of my career.

Does this strike anyone as unusual? If the goal was to DA select me then why bother with the initial inject? Or why mention my normal cycle in October? Or why have this entire process if the branch can just ignore it with zero warning or discussion with the SM?

Stuff like this gets talked about and won't help retention and recruiting, both of which need all the help they can get.