AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD BEARING RECORD

NAME OFSERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

GRADE

AFSNISSAN

PERSONAL  APPEARANCE

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RECORD REVIEW

ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL

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			1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD	
			2	APPLICATION  FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE	
			3	LEITER OF NOTIFICATION	
			4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE	
				COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD	
				ADDITTONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE	
				TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING	
HEARING DATE

19 Jul 2013	CASE NUMBER

FD-2013-00352			

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.

TO:

PROM:

SAF/MRBR
550 C STREET WEST,SUITE 40
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742

SECRETARY Of THE AIR FORCE PERSO."INEL COUNCIL
AIR FORCE DISCHAllGE REVIEW BOARD
15:l5 COMMAND DR,EE WING, JIU> FLOOR
ANDREWS AFB,MD 2076?-7001

AFHQ FORM  0-2077, JAN 00.	(EF-V2)	Previous

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2013-00352	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to honorable.

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 Board denies the upgrade of the discharge.

The Board finds the applicant submitted no issues contesting the equity or propriety  of the discharge, and after a thorough review of the record, the Board was unable to identify any that would justify a change of discharge.

ISSUE:  The applicant was discharged with an under honorable conditions (general) discharge for minor disciplinary infractions. Applicant wants her discharge upgraded to help with job applications when employers request her DD214. Applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of her discharge. The records indicated the applicant received an Article 15 and three Letters of Reprimand. Her misconduct included possessing tobacco products on base, drunk and disorderly, dereliction of duty, allowed male airman to enter room throug window, failed to go to duty on time, wrongful consumption of alcohol twelve hours prior to duty, and visited permanent party personnel and dorms while in Technical school training status.  The Board opined that through these administrative actions, the applicant had ample opportunities to change his behavior.   They found the seriousness of the willful misconduct offset any positive aspects of the applicant's duty performance.   The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity to warrant an upgrade of the discharge.

Although not specifically stated, applicant contends that she should not be penalized indefinitely for mistakes she made when she was young. The DRB recognized the applicant was 21 years of age when the discharge took place. However, there is no evidence she 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