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

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1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LEITER OF NOTIFlCA TION
4 BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL' S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMTITED AT TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE

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TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING

HEARING OAT£	CASE NUMBER

09 Jun 2016	FD-2015-00615
APPUCANT"S ISSUE AND TliE BOARD'S ll£CISIOHAL ltATIONALEARE DISCUSSED ON nlEA1TACHEDAIJl FORCE DISCHARGE R.EV1EW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE

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

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_(b) (6)

INDORSEMENT	DATE:  6117/2016

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RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742	A. DREWS AJ'B, MD :I076l-1001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2015-00615	

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

DISCUSSION: The applicant received a General discharge for Misconduct -Minor Disciplinary Infractions. 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 two Article l5s, three Letters of Reprimand, and one Letter of Counseling. His misconduct included failing to refrain from drinking alcohol while under the legal drinking age of 21, improperly wearing M-9 pistol by affixing it to his reflective belt, leaving a weapon unsecured at post, sleeping on post, failing to refrain from bringing a cellular phone on post, arriving late to duty, failing to refrain from listening to his IPod while on duty, continuing the use of foul language, and displaying inappropriate behavior.

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 serve his country in the 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 to the reason for the discharge, and 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 the discharge and determines the discharge should remain unchanged .

Attachment: Examiner's Brief