AI R  FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW  BOA RD  H EA RING  RECORD
NAM E OF SERVICE MEM BER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE IN ITIAL)	GRADE
(b) (6)

TYPE HO	I	PERSONAL  APPEARANCE	x	I	RECORD REVI EW
COUNSEL	NAME Of COUNSEL ANO OR ORGANIZATION	AO DRESS AND OR ORGAl'ilZATION Of COl'SEL YES	No
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VOTEOF TRE BOARD
M EM BER  SITTI NG	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY

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ISSUES	A94.53	INDEX NIJMOER	A17.00	EXHIBITS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD
1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICAT ION FOR R EVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDIT IONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANC E 1IEARfNG

HEARING    OATI';	CAS : NU\'IRF:R

14 Apr 2015	FU-2015-00025
APPLICANT. $ ISSUE AND n1E BOARD'S Df.clSIONAL RATIONALE ARE DISCUSSED ON 1liEATTACHED AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE

Case heard in Wash ington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board , the right to a personal appearance with/wi thout counsel, and the right to submit an application to the A FBCMR.

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(b) (6)

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DATE:  5115120 15

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SAF/MRBR
550 CSTREET WEST,SUITE 40
RANOOLPH AFR. TX 781 50-4742

SECRETARY Of Tlit J\IR 1-·oRCt: rt;RSONNEL COUNCii,.
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ANDREWS AFB. MD Z076!-7001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NU.\lllER

FD-2015-00025	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of the reason and authority for the discharge, and to change the reenlistment 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 change of reason and authority for discharge, and change of reenlistment code.

ISSUE:  The applicant received an Honorable discharge based on non-retention for active duty.

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 Jed 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 AF Form I 08, which states there were incidents that included failure to go, negligence while on duty, and failure to pay just debts.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge. The applicant does submit that he would like to join the Air Force Reserves.  The Board found that the willful misconduct by
the applicant which led to his non-selection for re-enlistment offset any positi ve aspects of the applicant's duty performance.  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 to the reason for the discharge or the re-enl istment code.

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.

Inview of the foregoi ng 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