AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE
(b) (6)
TYPE GEN	x	I	PERSONAL  APPEARANCE	I	RECORD  REVIEW
COUNSEL	NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION	AODRESS ANO OR ORGANIZATION OF COUSEL
YES	No
x
VOTE OF THE BOARD
MEMBER  SITTING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY
(b) (6)	x
x x x x
ISSUES	A94.55	lNOEX NUMBEJt	A60.00	EXHIBITS SUBMIITED TO THE BOARD	•
l ORDER APPOINTlNG THE BOARD
2 APPLICATION FOR REVfEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETIER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRrEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING DATE	CASE NUMBER

06 Aug 2015	FD-2015-00312
APPLICl\NT'SISSlre AND Tli2 BQAJU>"S DECISIONA.L MTlONA.L.ll NillDISCUSSW ON nre ATTACJiJ!D A.Ill PORC6 DISCHAROe R,l;Vl)!W BQAJU> DECISIONAL RATIONAL6.

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	-

DATE: 8121/2015	 	

TO:	FR0 1:
SAF/MRBR	SECR.E'TARY OFTHE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUllCIL
AIR FORCE DISCMARGE REVlEWBOARD
550 C STR EET WEST.SUITE 40	IS!S COM.MANO DR.El': WINC,3RD Fl..OOR
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742	ANDREWS AFB.MO i076l-7001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2015-00312	

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 appl icant received a General discharge for Misconduct -Unsatisfactory Performance

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 Article 15, four Letters of Reprimand and one Letter of Admonishment. Her misconduct included failing to go to prescribed appointed place of duty; absenting herself from duty; failing to check in and out before and after work; derelict in performing duties (3x's); failing to complete training.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of her discharge.  The applicant cited her desire to receive the G.I. Bill benefits as justification  for upgrade.  The DRB noted that when the applicant applied for these benefits, she signed a statement (DD Form 2366, on November 5, 2004) that she understood she must receive an Honorable discharge to receive future educational entitlements.  The Board was sympathetic to the impact from the loss of these benefits to the applicant; however, this is not a matter of inequity or impropriety which would warrant an upgrade. 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.

Inview 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