RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2016-04543

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	COUNSEL: NONE

	HEARING: NO

APPLICANT’S REQUESTS.  

1.  A DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be generated for the period of active duty service ending 10 February 2005, and that he be provided a Member 4 copy.  (No action required)

2.  A DD Form 214 be generated for his completion in the Individual Ready Reserves effective 20 November 2009.

APPLICANT’S CONTENTION.  He was never issued a DD Form 214 following his honorable discharge from the Individual Ready Reserve in 2009.  The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS.  The applicant entered the Regular Air Force on 6 August 2002.  On 10 February 2005, he was released and transferred to the Air Force Reserve.  He was issued a DD Form 214 dated 4 October 2017, for this period of active duty service.  The applicant was discharged from the Air Force Reserve effective 20 November 2009.  For more information, see the excerpt of the applicant’s record at Exhibit B and the advisory at Exhibit C.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION.  AFPC/DP2STM recommends denying the application.  A DD Form 214 is used to record active duty service, not inactive Reserve status.  AFI 36-3202, Separation Documents, addresses when an Air Reserve Component member would be entitled to receive a DD Form 214.  The applicant did not fall under any of these situations.  The complete advisory, with attachment, 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 17 January 2018 for comment (Exhibit D), but has received no response.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES:

1.  The application was not 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 or injustice.  The Board concurs with the rationale and recommendation of AFPC/DP2STM and finds that a preponderance of the evidence does not substantiate the applicant’s contentions.  Therefore, the Board recommends against correcting the applicant’s records.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS:  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 AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2016-04543 in Executive Session on 22 March 2018:

, Chair
, Panel Member
, Panel Member

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

Exhibit A: Applicant’s applications, DD Forms 149, dated 7 November 2016 and   
      8 May 2017, w/atchs.
Exhibit B: Documentary evidence, including excerpts from official records.
Exhibit C: Advisory opinion, AFPC/DP2STM, dated 30 August 2017, w/atch.
Exhibit D: Notification of Advisory, SAF/MRBC to applicant, dated 17 January 2018.

Taken together with all Exhibits, this document constitutes the true and complete Record of Proceedings required by AFI 36-2603, paragraph 4.11.9.