AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

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1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2 APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 LEITER OF NOTIFICATJON
4  BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FlLE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITSSUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEAIUNCDATE	CASE NUMl£R

28 Aug 2014	FD-2014-00230

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.

TO:

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

SECRETARY OFTHE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCTL
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD ISJS COMMAND DR,EE WING,31UlFLOOR ANDREWS AFB,MD 20762-7001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2014-00230	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for a change in narrative reason and re-enlistment code.

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 an Honorable discharge for -Unsatisfactory duty performance

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 one Record of Counseling  and one Letter of Counseling. His misconduct included failure to go on two separate occasions and unauthorized use of telnet.

Applicant contends he was unaware that he would be unable to join other branches of service with unsatisfactory duty performance as his narrative reason for discharge. The Board was sympathetic to the applicant's desire to continue serving and not being able to do so, however after review of the record the Board found that all discharge actions and notifications were administered appropriately. The Board found the negative aspects of his duty performance outweighed the positive and concluded that the discharge was appropriate.

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 reason for the discharge or the reenlistment code.

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