AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST,FlRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

YES	No
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GRADE	AFSN/SSAN

X	RECORD  REVIEW
ADOR£SS AND OR ORGANll.ATION or COUNSEL

VOTE Of TllE BOARD

MEMBER SITTING

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GEN

UOTHC	OTHER

DENY
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1 ORDER APPOINTlNG THE BOARD
2  APPLICATION FOR REVlEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETI'ER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONN EL FlLE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TOTHE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING DATI

01 May 2014

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FD-2013-00738

Case heard in Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board, the right to a persona l 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 applicarit's request.

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SECRETARY Of THE AIR FORCE PERSONNELCOUSCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE R.EVlCW BOARD
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CASE NUMBER

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	FD-2013-00738

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 was given a general discharge due to misconduct - drug abuse

The applicant contends discharge was inequitable due to the discharge was based on an off duty incident.
The record indicates that the applicant received an Article 15 for wrongful use of Spice.  The applicant admitted to the use. After review of the record, the Board found no evidence to indicate that the applicant did not know right from wrong or that in her three years and three months of service was unaware of the Air Force policy of zero tolerance to drug abuse. 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