AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

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l ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2  APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 LETIER OF NOTIFICATION
4 BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

U&AJUNG DATE	CASE NUMBER

27 Mar 2014

FD-2014-00017

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.

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

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SECRETARY Of THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COIJ:'ICIL AIR FORCE DISCltARGt REVIEW BOARD
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ANDREWS AFB, MD 20761-7001

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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL  RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2014-00017	

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 a genral discharge for misconduct, specifically drug abuse.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding impropriety or inequity regarding his discharge; however, he cited his desire to progress in his chosen career as a Missouri firefighter as justification  for upgrade.  The record indicates that the applicant received a Summary Court Martial conviction for wrongful use of Spice, a controlled substance, on divers occasions.  The applicant admitted his drug abuse was a result of poor decision making, but claims he has learned from his mistakes.  He further explained that after researching
the side effects of the drug in question, he realized he was very lucky he did not experience those side effects and recognized he should have never started in the first place.  However, after a review of the record, the Board found no evidence to indicate that the applicant did not know right from wrong or that in his almost four years of service was unaware of the Air Force policy of zero tolerance to drug use.  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