AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NA ME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST. FIRST MIDDLE l fITIAL)	GRA DE
(b) (6)

TYPE   GEN	I	PERSONAL APPEARANCE	x	I	RECORD REVI EW
COUNSEL	NAME OF COUNSEL Ai'llOOR ORCAJ'lllZATION	ADDRESS ANO OR ORGANIZATION OFCOUNSEl.
vtS	No
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VOTE OF THE BOARD
MEMBER  SITTING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY
(b) (6)	x
x x
x x
ISSUES	A94.55	I NOtx NUMBER	A94.07	EXHIBITS  SUBMITTED  TO THE BOARD
1	ORDER A PPOfNTfNG THE BOARD
2	APPL-ICATION FOR REV IEW OF DISCHA RGE
3	LETTER OF NOTLFICATION
4	llRlEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
A DDITIONAL EXJllBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL A PPEAR ANCE
TAPE RECORDTNO OF PERSONAL A PPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING DATE	CASE NUM BER

16 Apr 2015	FD-2014-00489
Al'PUCANT"S ISSUE ANO 'T1£ BOAR.D'SDl:CISIONAL RATIO ALE ARE DISCUSSED ON TIIE ATTACHED AIR FORCE DISOlARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL UTIONALE

Case heard  in Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board, the right to a persona l appearance with/without counsel, and the right to submit an application to the AFBCMR.

(b) (6)

INDORSEMENT	DAT.E: 4/2&12015
TO:	FROM :
SAF/MRBR	SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEt.COVNCIL
AIR FORCE DISCHARG E REVl!;W BOARD

550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40

1535 COMNAND OR, EE WI NG, 3RO fOOR

RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742	AJ OREWSAFO, MO 20762 7001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE ;>1. JM8ER

FD-2014-00489	

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 General discharge-Discharge in Lieu of Trial by Court Martial

The Air Force Discharge Review Board, under i ts responsibility to examine the propriety and equity of an Applicant's discharge, is authorized to change the characterization 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 completed 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 submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge.  The applicant does state that charges were dropped against him after his testimony against several Airmen, so he now believes that his discharge should be changed to Honorable.  After a review of applicant 's records, the Legal Review dated August 11, 2009, cites reason for discharge for four specifications of possessing child pornography.   In applicanf s request for discharge in lieu of court-martial on June 12, 2009, he stated he was aware that he  may be discharged with a General discharge service characterization and was also aware of the adverse  nature of such a discharge.  The Board concluded that the applicant made an informed decision when he requested the Chapter 4 discharge and that the negative aspects of the applicant 's service outweighed the positive contributions he made in his Air Force career. The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity to warrant 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, was within the discretion of the discharge authority, and that 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: Exami ner's Brief