AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAME OFSERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

GRADE

AFSN/SSAN

X	RECORD REVIEW

ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL

MEMBER  SITTING	HON

GEN	UOTHC

OTHER	DENY
x x x x
x

ISSUES

A92.21 A92.0l

INDEX NUM BER

A67.10

1	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
TAPE RECORDIN G OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING DATE	CASE NUM8ER

05 Feb 2014	FD-2013-00658

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:

SAF/MRBR
550 C STREET WEST,SUITE 40
RANDOLPH AFB, TX7815o.4742

PROM:

SECRETARY OF 1111:AIR FQRCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
153SCOMMAND DR, EE wtNG,3RD FLOOR ANDREWS AFB,MD 20762-7001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL  RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2013-00658	

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.

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

Applicant states that his discharge did not take into account the good things he did while in the service. The record indicated the applicant received two Article  15s and one Letter of Reprimand.  His misconduct included failed to refrain from consuming alcohol, assault of another airman, failed to pay Government Travel Card (GTC) debt and failed to maintain sufficient funds in account to cover check written to GTC. The DRB took note of the applicant's duty performance as documented by his performance reports, letters of recommendation and other accomplishments.  They found the seriousness of the willful misconduct offset any positive aspects of the applicant's duty performance.   The Board concluded the discharge was  appropriate for the reasons which were the basis for this case.

The DRB was pleased to see that the applicant was doing well and attending college.  However, no inequity or impropriety in his discharge was suggested or found in the course of the hearing.  The Board concluded the misconduct of the applicant appropriately characterized his term of service.

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