if you are trying to claim the foreign income exclusion, you need to enter a full 12-month qualifying period in order to meet the substantial presence test requirement. in your case, you will need to spend at least 183 days to qualify for the exclusion.
So say hypothetically your last day deployed was 11/01/2020 and you spent at least 183 days in 2020. You would enter your qualifying period as 11/02/2019 to 11/01/2020 to be able to claim the foreign income exclusion. You will do this if you did spend 183 days in the combat zone in your contract.
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