AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAME OFSERVICE MEMBER (lAST,FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

GRADE	AFSNISSAN

X	RECORD REVIEW
ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OFCOUNSEL

A92.0l

MEMBER SITTING

INDEX NUMBER	A66.00

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GEN

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OTHER	DENY
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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 NUMBER

OS Feb 2014

FD-2013-00671

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,TX 78150-4742

SECRETARY or THE AIR FORCEPERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
15)5 COMMAND DR,EE WING. JRD nooR
ANDREWS AFB,MO 207617001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2013-00671	

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 applict and the factors leading to the discharge.

FINDING: The Board denies the upgrade of the discharge.

ISSUE: Applicant received a General discharge for Misconduct - Drug Abuse

The applicant states that his discharge did not take into account the good things he did while in the service. The record shows that the applicant received an Article 15 for failure to refrain from distributing a muscle relaxant, used muscle relaxant to alter mood or function, wrongful distribution of two pills of Percocet and wrongful use of Percocet.	The applici;mt was identified during an OSI investigation and admitted to the misconduct.  After review of the record, the Board found no evidence to indicate that the applicant did not know right from wrong or that in his four years and eleven months of service was unaware of the Air Force policy of zero tolerance to drug use.	The Board found the negative aspects of the willful misconduct outweighed the positive  aspects of the applicant's performance  and concluded that the discharge was appropriate.

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