AJR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD	
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE IN ITIAL)
(b)(6)	GRA DF.	
TYPE	I	PERSON AL  APPEARANC E	x	I	RECORD    REVIEW	
CO NSEL	NAME or COUr\Stl. ANO OR ORGANl7,ATI ON	ADDRESS AND ORORGANIZATION OFCOUNSEi.	
YES	No			
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MEMBER SITTING	VOTE OF THE BOARD	
	HON	GE\.I	UOTHC'	OTHER	DENY	
(b)(6)						x	
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ISS UES	A94.53	INDEX NUMBER
A66.00	1'XHJB11SSUBMlTTEOTO THE BOARD	
		1	ORDER APPOfNTING TllE BOARD	
		2	APPLICATION  FOR REV I EW OF DISCHARGE	
		3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION	
		4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE	
			COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD	
			ADDlrlONAL  EXH IBITS SUBl\llnED A"I   rJME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE	
			TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE MEARING	
HEARING DATE

21 Apr 2015	(ASEr\UMBER

FD-2014-00656			
APPLICANT'S ISSUE ANOTHEDOARO'S D£CJSIONAl.RATIONALS ARE OISCVSSED 01< TH£ ATTACHED AIR FORCE OLSCllAR.GllREVIEW BOARD OCCJSIONAl. RATIO-:ALS.	
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.

(b)(6)	
INOORSEMENT	DATE: 4/2712015		

TO:
SAF/MRDR
550 C STREET WEST. SUITE 40
RANDOLPH AFB. TX 78150-4742	FROI :
SECRETARY OF HIEAIR FORCE PERSONN EL COUNCIL AI R FORCE DISOIARGE REVI EW BOARD
1;. ;CO.\lIAND  DR. EE  \\1NG.3RD FLOOR ANDREWS AFB. MD 20762-700 I		
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AIR FORCE DISCHARG E REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2014-00656	

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

The applicant was offered  a personal  appearance before the Discharge Review  Board (ORB) 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 for Misconduct - Drug Abuse

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 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's record of service included one Article  15 and one Letter of Reprimand  for failing to attend base detail as instructed by the First Sergeant and failing to at time prescribed to appointed place of duty four times.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge.  The applicant does state that he never used drugs and his admittance of marijuana use was a lie; he used it as an excuse at the
not for not reporting to duty.  The ORB found no evidence in applicant 's records that he ever submitted statements on his behalf stating the statement he made was false; despite the fact that it was used as the basis for his involuntary discharge where he was notified of this on the Discharge Notification Memorandum
dated December 5, 2007.  The Board opined that through the administrative actions taken, the applicant had ample opportunities to change his behavior.  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 characterization.

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: Examiner' s Brief