AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVJEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAMl:OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST,FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

PERSONAL APPEARANCE

GRADE

x

RECORD REVIEW

AFSN/SSAN

ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATI ON OF COUNSEL

x

MEMBER  SITTING

HON	GEN	UOTHC

OTHER	DENY
x

A94.55

INDEX NUMBER

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x
x
A68.00	.J:llflBITSSU
1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2 APPLICATION FOR REVIEW Of DISCHARGE
3 LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4  BRIEF OF PERSONN EL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEAS E TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMIITED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE

TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

llEARINC DATE	CAS  t:NUMSl-:R

13 Mar 2014

F0-2013-00775

 	
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 submi t an application to the AFBCMR.

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

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CASE NUMBER
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	FD-2013-00775

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

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 Bad Conduct Discharge

The Board finds that because the applicant did not receive an administrative discharge, his contention of inequity is not applicable. The applicant received a Bad Conduct Discharge, a punitive discharge, as part of his sentence resulting from a Special Court-Martial conviction. Under the provisions of Section 1553, 10 USC, the only basis for a change of a Bad Conduct discharge is clemency. The applicant presented evidence which the DRB opined did not warrant granting clemency.

CONCLUSION: The Discharge Review Board concluded that the applicant's  punitive  discharge  by Special Court-Martial is appropriate under the facts and circumstances of this case and there is insufficient basis, as an act of clemency, for change of discharge.

Attachment: Examiner's Brief