AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NAM E m·SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, HRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE
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TYPE GEN	I	PERSONAL APPEARAN CE	x	I	RECORD  REVIEW
COUNSEL	NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORCANIZATION	A DDRESS AND OR ORCANIZATION Ot'COUNSEL
YES	No
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VOTE OF THE BOARD
MEMBER   SIITING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY
(b)(6)	x
x x x
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ISSUES	A94.53	INDEX NUMBER	A66.00	EXHlBITSSUBMITTEDTOTHEBOARD
1	ORDER APPOINTING  THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FCLE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING DATE	CASE NUMBER

24 Jun 2015	FD-2015-00013
APPLICANT'S ISSUE A.ND THE BOARD'S DECISIONA.L RATIONALE A.R.E DISCUSSED ON THE ,\TTACHED l\lllFORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONA.LE.

Case heard in Washington, D.C.

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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2015-00013	

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 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. In order to adhere to Mental Health Amendments to 10 USC 1553, a physician with specialized training on mental health disorders was present for this board. The applicant's record of service included three Article 15s. His misconduct included wrongful use of spice, wrongful use marijuana, wrongful possession of spice, and wrongfully possessing drug paraphernalia .

The applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge.  The applicant does submit that he is attempting to put the past behind him; however the General discharge has been a hindrance to his life.  After review of the record, the Board found in his three years of service, he should have been aware that the Air Force policy of zero tolerance to drug abuse would also prohibit use of spice and
marijuana. The Board found the negative aspects of the willful misconduct outweighed the positive aspects of the applicant's performance 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 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