AI R FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NA ME OF StRVTCt MEMBER (lAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE
(b) (6)
TYPE  GEN	I	PERSONAL     APPEARANCE	x	I	RECORD   REVIEW
COUNSl!:l.	NAME OF COUNSEi. AND OR ORGANIZATION	ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OFCOUNSEL
YES	No
x
VOTE OF THE BOARD
MEMBER    SITTING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY
(b) (6)	x
x x
x x

ISSUES

A94.05

INDEX NUMBER

A67.30

EXHIBITS SUBMIITEO TO THE BOARD
1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2  APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4   BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXH IBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORD£NG OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

H EARING DATE	CASE NCMBF.R

28 Jul 2015	FD-2015-00275
APPUCAm"S ISSUE AND TllE BOARD'S DECISIONAL RATIONALE ARE DISCUSSED ON TllE ATTACHED Alll FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL IATIONALE

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)	-

INDORSEMENT	DAT.E;  71291201!1
TO:	fROM:

SAf/MRBR

SECRETARY OF THE AIR f'ORCE PERSONNEi. COUNCiL
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW SOARD
550 C STREET WEST, SLJITE 40	ISJS COMMAND OR. EE WING. JRO FLOOR
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742	/\. DREWSAf'B, MD 10762-7001

AFHQ FOR.1'10-2077, JAN  00	(EF-V2)	Previous

AIR FORCE DISCHARG E REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NU MBER

FD-2015-00275	

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.

The Board finds the applicant submitted no issues contesting the equity or propriety of the discharge, and after a thorough review of the record, the Board was unable to identify any that would justify a change of discharge.

ISSUE: The applicant received a General discharge for Misconduct - 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 presumpt ion, 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 a Special Court-martial conviction for operating  a vehicle while drunk.

The applicant contends that his discharge was inequitable because it was his first incident in his Air Force career.  The applicant did submit in a statement that he drank too much while hanging out with friends at the Security Forces dorms.  He started saying and doing things that he would have never done if he were not intoxicated .  He decided to go home, get into his vehicle, and then proceeded to drive out of the parking lot. While leaving the parking lot, he drove into the rear bumper of a truck, causing approximately $1,500.00 in damages.  The Board concluded that the negative aspects of the applicant 's service outweighed the positive contributions he made in his Air Force career.  The characterization of the discharge received by the applicant was found to be 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