RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

IN THE MATTER OF: 			DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2015-01236

  						COUNSEL:  NONE

						HEARING DESIRED:  NO 

His orders be extended from 13 December 2014 to 14 December 2014, and he receive all pay, points, and applicable benefits related to the tour extension.

The Point Credit Accounting & Reporting System (PCARS) be updated to reflect time lost.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

His orders should have ended on 14 December 2014.  Due to travel delays from his deployed location, he arrived home on 10 November 2014 and was told by the National Guard Bureau (NGB) that the Military Personnel Appropriation (MPA) days could not be amended in the system since the requesting date occurred after the original PM Message end date.

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

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant is currently serving in the Air National Guard in the grade of Master Sergeant.

The applicant was ordered to active duty by the 187th Maintenance Squadron, Montgomery, AL, per Order Number Z5V7Y4, dated 8 January 2015, from 15 April to 13 December 2014.  According to the applicant’s travel voucher, he completed his tour of duty and returned home on 10 November 2014.

According to the Air Combat Command Post-Deployment Downtime Guidance Memorandum, the applicant is entitled to 14 days of Post Deployment Stand Down Time (PDSDT).

The remaining relevant facts pertaining to this application are contained in the memorandum prepared by the Air Force office of primary responsibility (OPR), which is attached at Exhibit C.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

NGB/A1PR recommends denying the applicant’s request because the applicant was on orders long enough to take all 14 days PDSDT and accrued leave plus an additional one day.  Should the board elect to deny the request, no recoupment for the additional one day on orders should be sought so the applicant does not incur a debt.  Because the member is entitled to PDSDT, the applicant is not authorized two days in-processing (AFI 36-2619).

By way of background, according to AFI 36-3003, Military Leave Program, paragraph 4.4, the applicant accrued 18 days of leave during the period of active duty service, which began on 25 November 2014 and ended on 12 December 2014.  Leave accrual is calculated using Tables 1 and 2 using the order start date to determine when the member entered active service and the date member arrived at his residence to determine when the member separates from active service.  According to AFI 36-2619, Military Personnel Appropriation Manday Program, paragraph 3.3.2,” Leave is calculated based on the mission start and end date.  It is not earned during authorized downtime.” The mission end date in this case is the date the member arrived at his residence as filed on his travel voucher.

The applicant’s last day on orders should have been 12 December 2014, the last day the applicant was on leave.  The applicant’s original order end date was 13 December 2014 which was one day longer than the applicant should have been on orders.

Analysis shows that the applicant’s order end date allowed the applicant to use all 14 days of PDSDT and leave accrued.

One purpose of a mobilization message is to provide a window of time during which members are ordered to service in support of the mobilization.  Based on specific mobilization requirements outlined in Deliberate Crisis Action Planning and Execution System (DCAPES), the actual dates of the mobilization will fall within the window of the mobilization message.  These days are allocated for each person in M4S.  Once the days are allocated in M4S to the Air National Guard, the AROWS order can be published.  It is important to note that the M4S allocation and AROWS order will not automatically be for the entire time on the mobilization message, as it is based on the requirements for each person/position.

A complete copy of the NGB/A1PR evaluation, with attachments, is at Exhibit C.

APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

A copy of the Air Force evaluation was forwarded to the applicant on 23 February 2016 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.  Insufficient 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; however, we agree with the opinion and recommendation of the Air Force OPR and adopt their rationale as the basis for our conclusion the applicant has not been the victim of an error or injustice.  In this respect, the applicant was afforded the opportunity to exhaust both his accrued leave and PDSDT prior to the completion date of his active duty tour thereby negating the need to extend his mobilization order.  As such, the applicant was credited with the appropriate pay, points, and benefits he earned during this period of active duty service.  Therefore, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we find no basis to recommend granting the relief sought in this application.  

THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT:

The applicant be notified the evidence presented did not demonstrate the existence of material error or injustice; the application was denied without a personal appearance; and 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 AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2015-01236 in Executive Session on 12 April 2016 under the provisions of AFI 36-2603:

The following documentary evidence pertaining to AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2015-01236 was considered:

	Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 17 March 2015, w/atchs.
	Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
	Exhibit C.  Memorandum, NGB/A1PR, dated 9 February 2016,
			  w/atchs.
	Exhibit D.  Letter, AFBCMR, dated 23 February 2016.