My guess is the board tries to meet weekly until they get through all the EA applicants. After the board makes a recommendation, it must go the the Superintendent for review. The Admiral is the appointing authority. It's his first class so he will be thorough and ask questions as needed. Once he signs the appointment it will probably have some admin work done to the file and then some overworked person will have to update the portals for each applicant.
Due to all these steps, decisions tend to come near the end of the work week in waves. Around Christmas it will slow as folks in the process are on leave.
Good luck!