AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

GRADE

X	RECORD REVIEW

AFSN/SSAN

YES	1'1•
x

ADDRtSS AND OR ORCA'.llZATION OFCOUNSEL

MEMBER SITTING

HON

GEN	UOTHC

OTHER	DENY
x x x
x

.•	x

ISSUES

A92.35

INDEX NUMBER	A66.00

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1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 LEITER OF NOTIFICATION
4  BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONA L EXHIBITS SUBMTITED AT TIMEOF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

H£ARl1'C DATE	CASE NUMBER

27 Mar 2014

FD-2014-00031

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 AFBCM R.

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

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FROM:

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL
AIR fORCE OISCHARCE REVIEW 80AR.0
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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE

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

CASE NUMBER

FD-2014-00031

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 that the discharge was inequitable due to this one time incident. The record indicates that the applicant received an Article 15 for wrongful use of marijuana. 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 his two years and 10 months 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