post completion OPT travel question

[kuntul]

Here is the scenario, I will be graduating this December 2011 and is planning to go back to my country for a while and go back for OPT. By the time I leave the U.S I will have:
1. My EAD card in hand, with an employment start date of 1 March 2012.
2. An offer letter from an employer that I will be working for.
3. A valid F1 visa until 2014
5. Valid travel signature in my I-20.

I plan to leave on December 2011 and go back in February 2012.

I've heard various rumors from friends that traveling under this circumstances is not allowed. However, I read from the USCIS website that this is permitted. Is this fine? Can I still go back to the U.S to work under OPT under this circumstances?

 

[BigJoe5]

8 CFR § 214.2 Special requirements for admission, extension, and maintenance of status.

The general requirements in §214.1 are modified for the following nonimmigrant classes:

(f) Students in colleges, universities, seminaries, conservatories, academic high schools, elementary schools, other academic institutions, and in language training programs —

(13) Temporary absence from the United States of F–1 student granted employment authorization. (i) A student returning from a temporary trip abroad with an unexpired off-campus employment authorization on his or her I–20 ID may resume employment only if the student is readmitted to attend the same school which granted the employment authorization.

(ii) An F–1 student who has an unexpired EAD issued for post-completion practical training and who is otherwise admissible may return to the United States to resume employment after a period of temporary absence. The EAD must be used in combination with an I–20 ID endorsed for reentry by the DSO within the last six months.