RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

IN THE MATTER OF:			DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2015-04577
		
 						COUNSEL:  NONE

						HEARING DESIRED:  NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

His DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be amended as follows:

	Item 11, Primary Specialty, and Item 18, Remarks, reflect Special Tactics Officer (STO) instead of Combat Rescue Officer (CRO).

	Item 14, Military Education, reflect Air War College, 2007; Air Command and Staff College, 2002; Squadron Officer School, 1996; Combat Control School, 1996; Air Traffic Control School, 1995; U.S. Army Airborne, 1995; U.S. Army, Military Freefall, 1995; and U.S. Army Combat Diver Course, 1995. (Will be Administratively Corrected).  

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) B13D3 used to belong to the STO career field but was recently changed to the CRO career field and B13D4 is now used for STO.  

The military education reflected in Item 14 belongs to another person as he did not complete any of the training listed.  

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

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant retired in the grade of colonel (O-6) on 1 January 2015.  He was credited with 24 years, 7 months and 1 day of active duty service.  

In a letter dated 28 June 2016, the AFPC Training Office advised the applicant the corrective action regarding his training completion could be resolved through administrative procedures which did not require referral to the AFBCMR.  After examination of his records, they verified the erroneous annotation of training completion and were taking the necessary actions to correct his DD Form 214, Item 14.  

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 B.  

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DP3ST recommends his request be approved in part.  Since a non-suffixed AFSC 13DX did not exist at the time of his service, the suffixed AFSC should be used in Item 11.  However, DP3ST recommends none of the AFSC prefixes be identified.  Further, to capture the applicant’s service in AFSCs 1925 and 13B3F, and considering a non-suffixed 13B3 did not exist at the time, they recommend this service be identified as 13B3F.  Accordingly, DP3ST recommends his DD Form 214 rendered on his discharge on 31 December 2014 be modified to include the new information of “13D4B, Combat and Recovery, Special Tactics, 15 years and 3 months, 13B3F, Command and Control Operations, Adjutant, 5 years and 4 months.”   

If the Board non-concurs and believes it necessary to add prefixes to the AFSCs in Block 11, DP3ST recommends the following new information of “C13D3B, Commander, Combat and Recovery, Special Tactics, 4 years and 6 months, J13D4B, Parachutist, Combat and Recovery, Special Tactics, 5 years and 9 months, B13D3B, Squadron Operations/Operations Support, Combat and Recovery, Special Tactics, 4 years and 10 months, 13B3F, Command and Control Operations, Adjutant, 5 years and 4 months.”
 
A complete copy of the AFPC/DP3ST 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 25 August 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.  Sufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of an error or injustice to warrant partial relief.  We took notice of the applicant's complete submission in judging the merits of the case and agree with 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.  Therefore, in addition to the administrative corrections to the applicant’s DD Form 214, Item 14, we recommend the applicant's records be corrected to the extent 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 his DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, issued on 31 December 2014, be amended in Item 11, Primary Specialty, to also include 13D4B, Combat and Recovery, Special Tactics, 15 years and 3 months, 13B3F, Command and Control Operations, Adjutant, 5 years and 4 months.  

The following members of the Board considered AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2015-04577 in Executive Session on 26 January 2017 under the provisions of AFI 36-2603:

	 , Panel Chair
	 , Member
 	 , Member

All members voted to correct the records as recommended.  The following documentary was considered:

	Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 8 January 2015, w/atch.
	Exhibit B.  Memorandum, AFPC/DP3ST, dated 12 February 2016,
			  w/atch.
	Exhibit C.  Letter, Air Force Training, dated 28 June 2016.
	Exhibit D.  Letter, AFBCMR, dated 25 August 2016.  
	 
Pursuant to paragraph 1 of AFI 36-2603 (Title 32 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 865.1), it is certified that a quorum was present at the Board's review and deliberations, and that the foregoing is a true and complete record of the Board's proceedings in the above entitled matter.