RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER:	BC-2014-03409 COUNSEL:	NONE
HEARING DESIRED:	NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:
He	be	provided	five	(5)	mandays	so	his	mobilization	orders	be amended.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:
He was delayed in returning from his deployment and his request to extend his end of tour date was submitted but never received. Now that the request was discovered after his mobilization period is over, the only recourse is to apply via the BCMR. He has been paid for the extra days but needs his orders to match those dates.

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

STATEMENT OF FACTS:
The applicant is currently serving as a member of the Air National Guard in the grade of staff sergeant (E-5).

According to documentation provided by the applicant, his name is listed on group special mission travel orders, in support of an unnamed operation, from Tennessee, to Afghanistan, and return to Tennessee, with a proceed date on/about 16 Aug 13, for a period of
180 days.
The remaining relevant facts pertaining to this application are described in the memorandum prepared by the Air Force office of primary responsibility (OPR), which is included at Exhibit C.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

NGB/A1P recommends correcting the applicant’s records by extending his original end of tour date from 26 Mar 14 to 4 Apr 14. In this respect, the applicant would have required 34.5 days of leave to take all allowable leave. However, his mobilization orders only afforded him 12 days to take his 20.5 days of regular leave.

By way of background, the Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments (DCAPES) records showed the member’s original deployment time-in-theater end date was 17 Feb 14. However, the actual end date, in accordance with the member-filed travel voucher, was 26 Feb 14. The member arrived at home station on 28 Feb 14, in accordance with the DCAPES record.

In accordance with AFI 36-3003, Military Leave Program, the applicant earned 20.5 days of Regular Leave, for the orders period of 5 Aug 13 through 26 Mar 14, as documented on the Defense Joint Military Pay System –Reserve Component record. The member’s leave should have been calculated from 5 Aug 13 (the start of the order) to 14 Mar 14, calculated as 16 days after his date arrived home station (14 Post Deployment Stand Down Time (PDSTD), the maximum downtime in accordance with the PDSDT Policy, and two in- processing days). This totals 20.5 days of regular leave.

A complete copy of the NGB/A1P evaluation is at Exhibit C.

APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:
A copy of the Air Force evaluation was forwarded to the applicant on 3 Aug 15 for review and comment within 30 days (Exhibit D). 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 an error or injustice. We took notice of the applicant's complete submission in judging the merits of the case and support the opinion and recommendation of the Air Force office of primary responsibility (OPR) and adopt its rationale as the basis for our conclusion the applicant has been the victim of an error or injustice. While the OPR recommends simply correcting the end date of the applicant’s orders, we recommend a correction to show that the extended time on active duty was served in a leave status. Otherwise the applicant gets a windfall as he receives the monetary benefit of an orders extension and retains the earned leave to use at a later date. Therefore, we recommend the applicant’s records be corrected as indicated below.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:
The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating to the APPLICANT be corrected to show that he was not released from active duty on 26 March 2014, but continued to serve on active duty, in an ordinary leave status, until 4 April 2014.

The following members of the Board considered AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2014-03409 in Executive Session on 23 Sep 15 under the provisions of AFI 36-2603:

, Panel Chair
, Member
, Member
All members voted to correct the records as recommended. The following documentary evidence pertaining to AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2014-03409 was considered:

Exhibit A.	DD Form 149, dated 12 Aug 14, w/atchs. Exhibit B.	Applicant's Master Personnel Records. Exhibit C.	Memorandum, NGB/A1PR, dated 17 Jun 15. Exhibit D.	Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 3 Aug 15.