AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST,FIRST MlOOLE INITIAL)

GRADE	AFSN/SSAN

PERSONAL APPEARANCE

X	RECORD REVIEW

ADDRESS AND OR ORGANl7.ATION Of COUNSEL

x

MEMBER    srITING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY
x x x x
x

ISSUES

A92.21
A93.0l

INUtX NUMBER

A67.10

EXUIBITS SUBMIITED TO'.ftJE,,B()ARD
1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 LElTER OF NOTIFICATION
4 BRIEF OF PERSONN EL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITION AL EXI llBITS SUBMIITED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARAN CE
TAPE RECORDIN G OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING  DATE	CASF. NUMOER

27 Mar 2014	FD-2013-00792

APPl.ICANT S	
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.

Nam es 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

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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2013-00792	

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:  Applicant received a General discharge for Misconduct - Minor Disciplinary Infractions

Applicant contends that he should not be penalized indefinitely for a mistake he made when he was young. The record indicted the applicant received one Article 15, two Letters of Reprimand, and two Letters of Counseling.  His misconduct included failed to obey do not discuss order, underage consumption, failed to attend guard mount and be armed causing delay in posting, observed speeding in POV on base while wearing uniform and beret, failed to follow directions of a NCO, failed to follow first general order to take charge of post and protect personnel and property for which he was responsible until properly relieved.
The DRB recognized the applicant was 21 years of age when the discharge took place.  However, there is no evidence he was immature or did not know right from wrong.  The Board opined the applicant was older than the vast majority of first-term members who properly adhere to the Air Force's standards of conduct.
The DRB concluded that the characterization of the applicant's discharge was appropriate due to the misconduct.

The DRB was pleased to see that the applicant was doing well and involved in the community. However, no inequity or impropriety in his discharge was suggested or found in the course of the hearing.  The Board concluded the misconduct of the applicant appropriately characterized his term of service.

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