AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD	
NAME or SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE	AFSN/SSAi"I	
		X	RECORD  REVIEW	
		ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATI ON OF C'OUKSEL	

MEMBER SIITING

HON

GEN

UOTHC

OTHER

DENY
x x x x
x

ISSUES

A94.53

INDEX NUMB&R

A60.00

1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVLEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFJCATION
4  BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBrrs SUBM!Tf ED AT TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING 01' PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARIN G DATE	CAS& NUMBER

27 Mar 2014	FD-2013-00687

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.

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

FROM:

SECRETARY OFTHE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
1535 COMMAND OR. EE WING.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-2013-00687	

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: The applicant received an Under Other Than Honorable Conditions (UOTHC) discharge for misconduct, specifically intentional misrepresentation of  facts in obtaining an appointment or in official statements or records.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge.  The applicant does submit that he regrets his actions while in service and in present time leads a moral life serving his community by providing ethical leadership and service whenever there is an opportunity.  The record                     indicates the applicant misrepresented himself as an instructor pilot during his interview to join the 77th Air Refueling Squadron, claiming he was a qualified instructor pilot.  He also forged the signatures of personnel and changed an AF Form 942 to reflect his status as an instructor pilot.  The Board found the seriousness of the willful misconduct offset any positive aspects of the applicant's duty performance and present civil character.  The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity to warrant an upgrade of the discharge.

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