RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
         AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

IN THE MATTER OF:			DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-1999-01182
						INDEX CODE 131.01
						COUNSEL:  None

						HEARING DESIRED: No

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

Her records not show that she was twice nonselected for promotion to the grade of major.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

She was not in the active Reserves or on active duty and therefore not eligible for promotion. She plans to apply for active duty status and cannot because of this error.

Her complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The relevant facts pertaining to this application, extracted from the applicant's military records, are contained in the official documents provided by the applicant at Exhibit B and in the letter prepared by the appropriate office of the Air Force Reserves at Exhibit C.  Accordingly, there is no need to recite these facts in this Record of Proceedings.  

AIR FORCE RESERVE EVALUATION:

The Director of Personnel Program Management, HQ ARPC/DPP, reviewed the application and states that the applicant should have been assigned to Inactive Status List Reserve Section (ISLRS) on 25 Mar 95, which would have rendered her ineligible to meet the Fiscal Year 1996 (FY96) Reserve of the Air Force (ResAF) Major Selection Board. The Director recommends that the applicant should be removed from the FY96 nonselect list, but not the FY95 nonselect list.

A complete copy of the evaluation is at Exhibit C.

APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE RESERVE EVALUATION:

A complete copy of the evaluation was forwarded to the applicant on 15 Oct 99, for review and response within 30 days.  As of this date, no response has been received by this office. 

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.	The applicant has exhausted all remedies provided by existing law or regulations.

2.	The application was timely filed.

3.	Sufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice to warrant partial relief.  It appears that the applicant was appropriately considered, but not selected, by the FY95 board.  As she has provided no evidence that this nonselection was in error, we find no compelling basis upon which to void this nonselection. However, the Reserves have advised that the applicant should have been assigned to ISLRS on 25 Mar 95, which means she was ineligible to meet the FY96 board and should not have been considered by that board. It would seem that this second nonselection is in error and should be removed. Since the applicant has not rebutted the Reserves’ evaluation, we presume she does not take exception to it. Therefore, we agree with the partial relief suggested by HQ ARPC/DPP and recommend the applicant's records be corrected to the extent indicated below.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating to APPLICANT, be corrected to show that:

	a.  She was assigned to the Inactive Status List Reserve Section effective 25 March 1995.

	b.  She was not considered for promotion to the grade of major by the Fiscal Year 1996 Reserve of the Air Force Major Selection Board.

The following members of the Board considered this application in Executive Session on 22 February 2000, under the provisions of AFI 36-2603:

All members voted to correct the records, as recommended.  The following documentary evidence was considered:

   Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 28 Apr 99, w/atchs.
   Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
   Exhibit C.  Letter, HQ ARPC/DPP, dated 30 Sep 99.
   Exhibit D.  Letter, AFBCMR, dated 15 Oct 99.

 
AFBCMR BC-1999-01182

MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF

	Having received and considered the recommendation of the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records and under the authority of Section 1552, Title 10, United States Code (70A Stat 116), it is directed that:

	The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating APPLICANT be corrected to show that:

	      a.  She was assigned to the Inactive Status List Reserve Section effective 25 March 1995.

	      b.  She was not considered for promotion to the grade of major by the Fiscal Year 1996 Reserve of the Air Force Major Selection Board.