AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARJN G RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE

(b) (6)
TYPE  GEN	x	I	PERSONAL APPEARANCE	I	RECORD  REVIEW
COUllSIU..	NAME OFCOUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZ.ATION	ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUEL
YES	No
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VOTE OF THE BOARD
MEMBER   SITTING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY
(b) (6)	X*#
X*# X*# X*#

ISSUES	A94.53	INDEX NUMBER	A67.10	EXHIBITS SUBMITTED TOTHE BOARD
A66.00	1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVlEW Of DlSCHARGE

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3	LETTER OF NOTIFlCATION 	
4	BRJEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITlONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING DATE	CASE NUMBER

16 Jun 2016	FD-2015-00241
APl'UCANl''SISSUE AND THE BOARD'SDECISIONAL RATIONALE ARE DISCUSSED ONlllE ATTAOIEI> AIR FOllCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD 0£CISIONAL RATIONALE.

Case heard in Washington,D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board and the right to submit an application to.the AFBCMR.

*NARRATIVE REASON
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"(b) (6)	-	A	.
	INOORSEMENT	DATE:   71612016
TO:	FROM:

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SECRETARY OF TiiE AIR l'QRCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL
AIR t'ORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40	1535 COMMAND DR. EE Y.1NG. 3RD FLOOR
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742	ANDREWS AFB, MD 2076i.700I

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL  RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2015-00241	

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

The applicant appeared and testified before the Discharge Review Board (DRB), without counsel, at Joint Base Andrews, MD, on June 16, 2016.

No additional exhibits were submitted at the hearing.

The attached brief contains available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors leading to the discharge.

FINDING: The Board finds insufficient evidence of an inequity or impropriety that would warrant a change to the applicant's discharge.

DISCUSSION: The applicant was discharged for Misconduct - Drug Abuse and Minor Disciplinary Infractions with service characterized as Under Honorable Conditions (General). 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 three Article l 5s, one Vacation of Suspended Nonjudicial Punishment, seven Letters of Reprimand, and one Letter of Counseling. His misconduct included wrongfully use of Ecstasy, being absent from duty, failing to show up to work at a scheduled time (5x), being late to duty, failing to go at the time prescribed to his appointed place of duty (3x), sleeping while on duty, and being derelict in the performance of his duties.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding the equity or propriety of his discharge.  The applicant submits that he believes he deserves a second chance despite his misconduct so that he may reenlist in the United States Military.  The Board opined that, through the administrative actions taken, the applicant had ample opportunities to change his behavior.  They found the seriousness of the willful misconduct offset the positive 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 it is established 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, change the reason for the discharge, the reenlistment 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.

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