AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST l\UDDLE INITIAL)

GRADE	AFSNISSAN

PERSONAL APPEARANCE	X	RECORD REVIEW

ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL

MEMBER SITIING

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DENY
x x x x x

ISSUES

A94.11 A92.0l

INDEX NOMBER

A67.50

1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2 APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4 BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO Tiffi BOARD
ADDmONAL EXHffiITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEAIUNG DATE	CASE NUMBER

04 Sep 2014	FD-2014-00227
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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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550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742

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AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00	(EF-V2)	Previous

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL  RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2014-00227	

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.

The Board finds that neither the evidence of record nor that provided by the applicant substantiates an inequity or impropriety that would justify a change of discharge.

ISSUE:  Applicant received a General discharge for a Pattern of Misconduct:  Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order and Discipline.

The Air Force Discharge Review Board, under its responsibility to examine the propriety and equity of an Applicant's discharge, is authorized to change the character of service and the reason for discharge if such change is warranted. In reviewing discharges, the Board presumes regularity in the conduct of governmental affairs unless there is substantial credible evidence to rebut the presumption, to include evidence submitted by the applicant. The Board did complete a thorough review of the circumstances that led to the discharge and the discharge process to ensure the discharge met the pertinent standards of equity and propriety. The Applicant's record of service included four Letters of Counseling, three Letters of Reprimand, an Article 15, and a Vacation of Suspended Nonjudicial Punishment. His misconduct included failure to inspect a vehicle during post check, lying to a SNCO, failure to shave prior to duty, failure to go to chemical warfare training, failure to make arrangements for a newly arrived security forces member before taking leave, allowing his fiance to drive an uninsured vehicle on base on numerous occasions, being 90 days delinquent on his GTC, losing his military bearing in the presence of co-workers and high ranking officers, and failing to go to duty on time (3x).

Applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge. The applicant does submit that he believes his commendations, letters of commendation, and his high testing scores show that  he was an asset to the Air Force. He also feels that his Naval supervisor could have made a more reasonable
solution to any concerns besides a general discharge. The Board found that the seriousness and frequency of the applicant's numerous acts of 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.

A discharge is upgraded only if the applicant and the Board can establish that an inequity or impropriety took place at the time of discharge. After a thorough review of the record, the Board found no evidence to justify an upgrade of the discharge.

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.	

Inview 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