RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2013-04891 COUNSEL: NONE HEARING DESIRED: NO APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: 1. The following corrections be made to his DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. a. Item 11, Primary Specialty, be amended to include “3P051A, Military Working Dog Handler.” b. Item 12f, Foreign Service, be corrected to include Foreign Service time. (Administratively Corrected) c. Item 14, Military Education, be amended to include Military Working Dog Handler’s Course.” (Administratively Corrected) APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: He completed the Military Working Dog Handler course and worked as a dog handler while he was on active duty. . In support of his request, the applicant provides copies of travel orders/vouchers, Military Working Dog Handler’s Course certificate, Student Report Card, Enlisted Performance Reports (EPR), Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET) and various other documents associated with her request. The applicant’s complete submission, with attachments, is at Exhibit A. STATEMENT OF FACTS: The DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, issued in conjunction with his 28 September 2013 permanent disability retirement, reflects no foreign service. In a letter, dated 20 December 2013, AFPC/DPAPP advised the applicant they determined he had boots-on-the-ground at Camp Bucca, Iraq from 18 December 2007 to 15 June 2008, for 6 months and 9 days foreign service and that his records would be administratively corrected. They further advised the applicant that specific locations are not annotated on a member’s DD Form 214, so he could use their letter as proof of “boots-on-ground” in Iraq. In a letter, dated 9 January 2014, AFPC/DPSIT advised the applicant they were able to verify the omission of his additional training information and that his records would be administratively corrected. AIR FORCE EVALUATION: AFPC/DPSIC recommends granting the applicant’s request to amend his DD Form 214, Item 11, “Primary Specialty.” This item currently reflects “3P051, Security Forces, 6 years and 1 month.” To add his period of service in Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) 3P051A, Security Forces Journeyman Military Working Dog Handler, his current service in AFSC 3P051 must be decreased by 2 years and 1 month of service in AFSC 3P051A. Therefore, his period of service in AFSC 3P051, Security Forces Journeyman should reflect 4 years and 10 months and his period of service in AFSC 3P051A, 2 years and 1 month. The complete DPSIC evaluation is at Exhibit C. APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF THE AIR FORCE EVALUATION: DPSIC’s recommendation is based on the information from his VMET, which does not display the correct amount of time that he worked as a dog handler. The Board can review his Military Working Dog Handler's Certificate, dated 8 January 2010. Immediately after graduation he was assigned back to Hill AFB and worked at the kennels. He also includes 3 months of signed records from himself and the kennel master from January 2010 to March 2010 showing he performed the duties of a 3P051A starting from that point until he was medically retired from active duty. This is approximately 3 years and 5 or 6 months of time spent holding the 3P051A specialty vice the 2 years and 1 month DPSIC found on his VMET. The applicant’s complete response, with attachment, is at Exhibit E. 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 injustice. We agree with the opinion and recommendation of the Air Force Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) that the applicant’s DD Form 214 should be amended to include AFSC 3P051A. However, while the OPR recommends his period of service in that AFSC should be changed to reflect 2 years and 1 month, we disagree. After reviewing the applicant’s training records, Military Working Dog Handler's Certificate, EPRs and VMET, we find it is reasonable to conclude, based on a preponderance of evidence, that he served in AFSC 3P051A for a period of 3 years and 1 month. Accordingly, we recommend his records be corrected as set forth below. THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT: The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating to APPLICANT be corrected to show that the DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, issued in conjunction with his 28 September 2013 permanent disability retirement, be amended in Item 11, Primary Specialty, to reflect “3P051, Security Forces, 3 years and 10 months; 3P051A, Security Forces Journeyman Military Working Dog Handler, 3 years and 1 month,” rather than “3P051, Security Forces, 6 years and 11 months.” The following members of the Board considered this application in Executive Session on 28 August 2014, under the provisions of AFI 36-2603: , Panel Chair , Member , Member The following documentary evidence pertaining to AFBCMR BC-2013-03337 was considered: Exhibit A. DD Form 149, dated 8 October 2013, w/atchs. Exhibit B. Letter, AFPC/DPSIC, dated 31 January 2013 [sic]. Exhibit C. Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 14 February 2014. Exhibit D. 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