RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 

AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 

 

 

IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2010-02100 

 

 COUNSEL: NONE 

 

 HEARING DESIRED: NO 

 

 

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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: 

 

His June 2010 Permanent Change of Station (PCS) from Buckley 
AFB, CO to Schriever AFB, CO be retroactively reclassified as 
Low Cost/No Cost so he can apply for a Basic Allowance for 
Housing (BAH) Rate Protection Waiver. 

 

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: 

 

He should have been advised of, and approved for, a Low Cost/Not 
Cost PCS when he moved to Schriever AFB, CO. 

 

After only one year of a four-year controlled tour at Buckley 
AFB, CO he was reassigned to Schriever AFB, CO, and received 
permission from his gaining supervisor to reside in his house 
near Buckley and commute to Schriever because of the financial 
damages he would suffer if he had to sell. Although he made his 
intentions clear to the servicing Military Personnel Flight 
(MPF), he was not advised of the BAH Rate Protection Waiver or 
the Low Cost/No Cost assignment classification. He received no 
PCS entitlements, nor did the AF incur any PCS-related costs. 
Since that time, he has learned of others who have been approved 
for both the Low Cost/No Cost and BAH Rate Protection Waiver 
upon reassignment from Buckley AFB to the Colorado Springs area. 

 

In support of his appeal, the applicant provides a copy of his 
PCS orders. 

 

The applicant’s complete submission, with attachment, is at 
Exhibit A. 

 

 

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STATEMENT OF FACTS: 

 

Information extracted from the Military Personnel Data System 
(MilPDS) indicates the applicant currently serves in the Regular 
Air Force in the grade of lieutenant colonel (O-5). 


 

The remaining relevant facts pertaining to this application, 
extracted from the applicant’s master personnel records, are 
described in the letter prepared by the Air Force office of 
responsibility (OPR) which is included at Exhibit C. 

 

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AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 

 

AFPC/DPAPA recommends denial. In order to be considered for a 
low-cost PCS, the member has to specifically ask for 
consideration and must provide a written statement that he/she 
will not relocate their household if provided a low-cost PCS. 
This did not occur in the applicant’s case. Even if he made 
such a request, it would not have been approved because it has 
been the policy of this office not to approve low cost 
assignments between Buckley AFB and other Air Force bases 
located in the Colorado Springs area. 

 

The complete DPAPA evaluation is at Exhibit C. 

 

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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 

 

The applicant reiterates that this was an unexpected 
reassignment from a 4-year controlled tour required to meet an 
urgent requirement. As for the requirement to submit a formal 
request for a low-cost PCS, he was not advised of this 
requirement by his servicing MPF, but learned of it from another 
military member. The notion that low cost assignments between 
Buckley AFB and Air Force bases in the Colorado Springs area are 
customarily disapproved seems to be arbitrary and not based on 
fact as he personally knows of two other individuals whose 
requests were granted. 

 

The applicant’s complete response is at Exhibit D. 

 

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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 an error or an injustice. The 
applicant contends that his Military Personnel Flight (MPF) 
failed to advise him that he could have applied for a Low 
Cost/No Cost PCS. After a thorough review of the evidence of 


record and the applicant’s complete submission, we believe a 
preponderance of the evidence supports corrective action. While 
we note the comments by AFPC/DPAPA indicating it is incumbent 
upon the member to ask for a Low Cost/No Cost PCS in advance of 
the assignment being consummated, we find his contention that he 
was not properly counseled on the procedures required to request 
consideration for a low cost/no cost PCS reasonable. We also 
find the evidence supports that the circumstances of his 
reassignment meet the requirement for designation as a low cost 
PCS. Therefore, we recommend his records be corrected as 
indicated below. 

 

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THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT: 

 

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air 
Force relating to the APPLICANT be corrected to show that his 
Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Order (AD-068137, dated 8 
April 2010) be amended to change the PCS fund code from “E” to 
“V.” 

 

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The following members of the Board considered AFBCMR Docket 
Number BC-2011-02100 in Executive Session on 10 Jan 2012 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 23 May 11, w/atch. 

Exhibit B. Letter, AFPC/DPAPA, dated 7 Nov 11 

Exhibit C. Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 10 Nov 11 

Exhibit D. Letter, Applicant, dated 2 Dec 11