AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

GRADE	AFSNISSAN

ONAL APPEARANCE	X	RECORD REVIEW

ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OFCOUNSEL

MEMBER SITTING

HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER

DENY
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ISSUES

A93.0l

INDEX NUMBER

A67.10

l ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2  APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4 BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE

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TAPE RECORDING Of PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING DATE	CASE NUMBER

02 Aug2013	FD 2013-00303

Case heard in Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board, the right to a personal appearance with/without counsel, and the right to submit an application to the AFBCMR.

Names and votes will be made available to the applicant at the applicant's request.

*Narrative Reason and Authority
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SAF/MRBR
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANOOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742

SECRETARY OF TH£ AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD 1535 COMMAND DR. El?. WING, JRD FLOOR ANDREWS AFB,MD l076Z.7001

AFHQ FORM 0.2077, JAN 00	(EF-V2)	Previous

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2013-00303	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to honorable, to change the reason and authority for the discharge, and to change the reenlistment code.

The applicant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (DRB) but declined and requests that the review be completed based on the available service record.

The attached brief contains available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors leading to the discharge.

FINDING: The request for the upgrade of the discharge, to change the reason and authority for discharge, and to change the reenlistment code is denied.

ISSUE:  applicant received a General discharge for Misconduct -Minor Disciplinary Infractions

Applicant contends that he should not be penalized indefinitely for mistakes he made when he was young. He states he would like a second chance despite his discrepancies so he may serve his country in the United States military again. The record indicated the applicant received two Article 15s, two Letters of Reprimand, and two Letters of Counseling. His misconduct included absent without proper leave, failed to go to duty on time, failed written portion of standard evaluation, slept on duty, left line badge in POV while on patrol in priority resource area, failed to go to a mandatory appointment, and stole credit card and wrongfully used credit card to purchase gas for POV. The DRB recognized the applicant was 21 years of age when the discharge took place. However, there is no evidence he was immature or did not know right from wrong. The Board opined the applicant was older than the vast majority of first-term members who properly adhere to the Air Force's standards of conduct. The DRB concluded that the characterization of the applicant's discharge was appropriate due to the misconduct

CONCLUSION: The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was consistent with the procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation and was within the discretion of the discharge authority and the applicant was provided full administrative due process.

In view of the foregoing findings, the Board further concludes that there exists no legal or equitable basis for upgrade of discharge and determines the discharge should remain unchanged.

Attachment: Examiner's Brief