INDEX CODE:  102.01

AFBCMR BC-2003-03555

MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION BEFORE THE AFBCMR

SUBJECT:  APPLICANT	

	Having carefully reviewed this application, we agree with the recommendation of the Air Force office of primary responsibility and adopt the rationale expressed as the basis for our decision that the applicant has been the victim of either an error or an injustice.  Therefore, under the authority delegated in AFI 36‑2603, the applicant's records will be corrected as set forth in the accompanying Memorandum for the Chief of Staff signed by the Executive Director of the Board or his designee.

	Members of the Board considered this application on 29 Oct 03.

	

MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF

	Under the authority of Section 1552, Title 10, United States Code and Air Force Instruction 36-2603, and having assured compliance with the provisions of the above regulation, the decision of the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records is announced, and it is directed that:

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

		a.  On 15 March 1997, he was discharged from the Regular Air Force.

		b.  On 16 March 1997, he was tendered and accepted an appointment as a major, Reserve of the Air Force, and ordered to extended active duty.

		c.  On 17 June 1998, he was released from extended active duty and transferred to an active Reserve position.

		d.  On 21 October 2003, he elected spouse and child coverage, Option CF, immediate coverage, under the Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan, based on full retired pay.

		e.  On 22 October 2003, he was transferred to the Retired Reserve under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 12731b.