RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2008-01567 INDEX CODE:	110.00
COUNSEL:	NONE HEARING DESIRED:	NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:
1.	Her discharge from the United States Air Force Reserve (USAFR), effective 1 Mar 08, be rescinded based on her approved special selection board (SSB) consideration.

2.	Her records be corrected to give her full service and point credit for the March and April Unit Training Assemblies (UTAs), that she was unable to perform due to her improper discharge.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:
Her discharge from the USAFR on 1 Mar 08 should be voided and she be immediately reinstated in the Air Force Reserve.

She was discharged from the USAFR for being twice passed over for promotion to lieutenant colonel. She was not fairly evaluated due to missing information on her Officer Selection Brief (OSB). She was advised she has been granted SSB consideration in Jun 08.

She requests full service credit for the UTAs she was unable to perform. She will require the service credit for those drill periods to ensure that she has a satisfactory year of Reserve participation.

She has served for 17 years and 11 months, and wants to continue to serve her country.

In support of her request, applicant provided a personal statement, ARPC/DPB letter, dated 3 Mar 08, and her discharge order.

The applicant's complete submission, with attachments, is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:
The applicant, while serving in the USAFR in the grade of major as critical care nurse, met the Lieutenant Colonel Promotion Board in June 2007, and was not selected for promotion for the second time.   Due to her nonselection for promotion for the

second time her mandatory separation date (MSD) was adjusted to 1 Mar 08.

Her date of rank (DOR) to major is 30 Mar 00.
On 3 Mar 08, ARPC/DPB advised the applicant that she was approved for SSB consideration in lieu of the Fiscal Year 2007 (FY07) Lieutenant Colonel Line and Nonline (Selected Reserve) Selection Board, due to her deployments not being listed on her Officer Selection Brief (OSB), as seen by the promotion board.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:
HQ ARPC/DPP recommends denial. Although the member has another opportunity to be selected for promotion, it does not void the discharge action that occurred by law prior to this SSB. If the SSB does not rule in her favor, the 1 Mar 08 discharge will need to stand. If selected for promotion by the SSB, she will be reinstated as if she never left Reserve active status.

In accordance with Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 14506, she would be removed from a Reserve active status on the first day of the seventh month after the month in which the President approves the Report of the Board which considered the officer for the second time.

If the Board disapproves the application and the SSB selects the member for promotion, the board will need to decide whether to approve or disapprove a correction to her records to show that she participated satisfactorily for the months of March, April, and May 2008 earning 4 nonpaid inactive duty points for each of these months.

The complete DPP evaluation, with attachments is at Exhibit C.

APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:
Applicant responds to the Air Force evaluation and states the first board that reviewed her records was NOT a mandatory board. She wrote a letter to the board explaining as such in detail along with the corrections to her record and was granted a special selection board. She has 17 years and 11 months of satisfactory service as of 1 Mar 08, and would like to continue her service in the USAFR.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:
1.	The applicant has exhausted all remedies provided by existing law or regulations.
1.	
2.	The application was timely filed.
3.	Insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of error or injustice. We took notice of the applicant's complete submission in judging the merits of the case; however, we agree with the opinion and recommendation of the Air Force office of primary responsibility and adopt its rationale as the basis for our conclusion that the applicant has not been the victim of an error or injustice. If the applicant is selected by the SSB, she will be reinstated as if she never left Reserve active status, and she could petition the Board to reconsider her request for appropriate service credit. Therefore, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we find no compelling basis to recommend granting the relief sought in this application.

THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT:
The applicant be notified that the evidence presented did not demonstrate the existence of material error or injustice; that the application was denied without a personal appearance; and that the application will only be reconsidered upon the submission of newly discovered relevant evidence not considered with this application.

The following members of the Board considered Docket Number BC-2008-01567 in Executive Session on 17 Jul 08, under the provisions of AFI 36-2603:

Panel Chair 
Member
Member
The following documentary evidence pertaining to Docket Number BC-2008-01567 was considered:

Exhibit A.	DD Form 149, dated 8 May 08, w/atchs. Exhibit B.	Letter, ARPC/DPP, dated 28 May 08, w/atchs. Exhibit C.	Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 20 Jun 08.
Exhibit D.	Letter, Applicant, dated 27 Jun 08.