AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MlDOLE JNmAL)

GRADE

PERSONAL  APPEARANCE

x	RECORD  REVIEW

YES
x

ADORESS AJ'IO OR ORCANI ZATION OF COUNSEL

MEMBER SITTING

HON

GEN	UOTHC

OTHER

DENY
x x x x
x

ISSUES

A94.55

INDEX NUMBER

A67.10

EXHIBITS SDTO T	ARD
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 ADDlTIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITIED AT TIME OF
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING  OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

ll EARINC DA1'E	CASE NUMBtR

17 Apr 2014	FD 2013-00771
Al'PLIC

Case heard in Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board, the right to a personal appearance with/without counsel, and th.e right to submit an application to the AFBCMR.	·

Names and votes will be made available to the applicant at the applicant 's request.

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550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANDOL PH AFB,TX 78150-4742

FROM:

SECRETARY or THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCI L AIR F'ORCE DISCllARCE REVIEW HOARD
151. 5COMMAND DR. CE WINC.3Rll FLOOR
ANDREWS AFB,MD 211'2.7001

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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE

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

CASE NUMBER

FD-2013-00771

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 due to misconduct- minor disciplinary actions

Applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge.  The record indicates the applicant received four Letters of Reprimand and a Letter of Counseling.  His misconduct included failed to report to PT and failed to inform anyone in chain of lateness and did not provide acceptable excuse, had more than two pets in on base residence and disobeyed lawful order to remove two of them, failed to go to duty on time, charged with simple assault, communicating a threat, provoking speech/gesture, and domestic assault, and failed to follow basic instructions on two separate occasions from training manager. 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.

The applicant cited his desire to receive the G.I. Bill benefits as justification for upgrade.  The DRB noted that when the applicant applied for these benefits, he signed a statement (DD Form 2366, on September 28, 2012) that he understood he must receive an Honorable discharge to receive future educational entitlements. The Board was sympathetic to the impact the loss of these benefits was having on the applicant, but this is not a matter of inequity or impropriety which would warrant an upgrade.

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