AJR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARIN G RECORD
NA.\IIE: OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FlRSl' MIOOLE IN ITIAi.)	GRADE
(b) (6)

TYPE   GEN	I	PERSONAL  APPEARANCE	x	I	RECORD REVIEW
CO\;NSEL	NAM£ or COUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION	ADDRESS AND OR ORGANll.ATION or COUNSEL
n:s	No
x
VOTE OFTHE BOARD
MEMBER SITTING	HON	GE,	UOTllC'	OTHER	DENY
(b) (6)	x
x x x
x
ISSUES	A94.05	lOtX NUM8CR	A67.30	EXHIBITS SUBMI1T£D TO THE BOARD
1 OROl:R APPOINTING TlI E BOARD
2	APPLICATION  FOR  REVI EW OF OI SCliARGE
3	LETIER OF NOT I FI CATION
4  BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADIJlrtONAL tXHll:llTS SUBMl'nto Al TI ME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE 1 IEARING

H EARING DATE	CASE NUMBER

02 Apr 2015	FD-2014-00657
APPLICANTS ISSUEANOTH E OOARO'S OECISIO'<ALRATIONAUl NUl OISCUSStD ONTlltATfACHEO AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIO'IALE.

Case heard in Washington, D.C.

Advise applican t 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:    4123/2015
TO:	FROM:

SAF/MRBR

SECRETARY or TllEAIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVI F.\V BOARD
550 C STREET WEST. SUITE 40	1535 CO.\IMAN I) DR.EE \\1NG.3RD FLOOR
RANDOLPH AFB. TX 78 150-4742	ANDREWS M'S.MD 20762·7001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARG E REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NU MBER

FD-2014-00657	

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

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: The applicant received a General discharge for Misconduct - Commission of a Serious Offense

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 Special Courts-Martial for false official statement; being indebted to CitiBank and his dishonorable failure to pay.

The applicant states that his discharge was based on one isolated incident and did not take into account the good things he did while in the service.  The DRB recognized the fact that the applicant had served six years total service before the discharge was initiated , but concluded the applicant's misconduct outweighed the positive aspects of his time in the Air Force.  The Board noted the applicant was entitled to request an administrative discharge board, and submitted a conditional waiver of that board in exchange for no less than a General discharge characterization which he received.

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