Originally posted by: drunkenmaster
it might have been 11months from graduation to capture of GAT X. but consider the time he is at the academy training. so its actually time at academy+11 months. this is greater than shins 2 years AT MOST of military training.
Small correction - Athrun specifically states that he joined ZAFT AFTER the Junius 7 bombing, so he's spent less than 11 months in the acadamy, assuming the theift of the GAT-X wasn't his first mission.