RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2016-03969

	COUNSEL: NONE

	HEARING: NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

His Assignment Availability Code (AAC) 09, which is a declination of a Permanent Change of Station (PCS), be removed.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

The Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) required him to PCS after disapproving his High School Senior Assignment Deferment (HSSAD) request and made him PCS by waiving the retainability requirement when he declined to get the required retainability - all due to meeting manning requirements in the best interest of the Air Force.  Removing his AAC 09 and allowing him the ability to extend or reenlist would provide additional support in meeting manning requirements in an undermanned AFSC and it would be in the best interest of the Air Force.  The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant is currently serving in the Air Force as a senior master sergeant.

For more information, see the excerpt of the applicant’s record at Exhibit B and the advisory at Exhibit C.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DP3AM recommends denying the application.  In accordance with the governing instruction, service members that have over 18-years of service are ineligible to request a previously approved PCS declination be removed from their record.  When the applicant declined a PCS, a mandatory date of separation (DOS) was established.  A DOS of 30 Apr 18 was established to permit the applicant to retire effective 1 May 18, with 24-years of service.  IAW AFI 36-2110, para 1.5, the applicant submitted an Exception to Policy to remove the PCS declination.  This request was disapproved since the request did not demonstrate a hardship that is unique to the applicant.  The complete advisory is at Exhibit C.

APPLICANT’S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The Board sent a copy of the Air Force evaluation to the applicant on 5 Mar 18 for comment (Exhibit D), but has received no response.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.  The application was timely filed.

2.  The applicant exhausted all available avenues of non-judicial relief before applying to the Board.

3.  After thoroughly reviewing all Exhibits, it is the Board’s opinion that the applicant is not the victim of an error and injustice.  The Board concurs with AFPC/DP3AM and finds that a preponderance of the evidence does not substantiate the applicant’s contentions and we are not persuaded that the requested relief is warranted.  We note the rationale of the offices of primary responsibility (OPRs) and adopt its rationale as our own, and find no basis on which to recommend favorable action.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:

The applicant be informed the evidence did not demonstrate material error or injustice, and the application will only be reconsidered upon receipt of relevant evidence not already considered by the Board.

CERTIFICATION:

The following quorum of the Board, as defined in Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2603, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR), paragraph 1.5, considered Docket Number BC-2016-03969 in Executive Session on 11 Apr 18:

, Panel Chair
, Panel Member
, Panel Member

All members voted not to correct the record.  The panel considered the following:

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 26 Sep 16.
Exhibit B:	Documentary evidence, including excerpts from official records.
Exhibit C:	Advisory opinion, AFPC/DP3AM, w/atchs, dated 1 Mar 18.
Exhibit D:	Notification of Advisory, SAF/MRBC to applicant, dated 5 Mar 18.

Taken together with all Exhibits, this document constitutes the true and complete Record of Proceedings required by AFI 36-2603, paragraph 4.11.9 pertaining to Docket Number BC-2016-03969.