AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST,FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE
(b)(6)
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ISSUES	A94.S4	ll'IDU NUMJJER	A29.00	EXHIBITS SUBMl'ITED TO THE BOARD
1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTlFICA TION
4 BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO TllE BOARD
ADDIT!ONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE
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HEARING DATE	CASE llllMlltR

17 Jun 2016	FD-2015-00632
APPlXANT'"S 1SSUEAND 1HEBOAllD·s D£CISIOllAL RATIO!'W.£ ARE DISCUSSED ON THE ATTAOIED AIR FORCE. DISCHAllG£ REVIEW BOAllD DECISIOl'l'AL 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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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2015-00632	

GENERAL:	The applicant appeals for characterization of his uncharacterized entry level separation as 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  (ORB) 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 an Entry Level Separation discharge for Entry Level Performance or Conduct: Reluctance to make the effort necessary to meet Air Force standards or conduct. 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 Records of Individual Counseling for self-eliminated from Pararescue Training.

The applicant contends the discharge was improper because he feels that he was not given the proper hearing when exiting from the Air Force.  The applicant would like a second chance in order to re-enter the military to serve in the Air National Guard.  The applicant submitted no issues regarding the equity or propriety of
his discharge.  The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity to warrant an upgrade of the discharge.  The Board also found that the applicant signed a Self-Elimination memorandum on his second day of training dated September 24, 2013, acknowledging that he understood that his decision to self-eliminate could lead to his involuntary discharge from the Air Force.

The applicant served less than 180 days and, therefore, his service does not qualify for characterization as honorable. His uncharacterized service is not considered derogatory. A discharge is upgraded or changed only if it can be established that an inequity or impropriety took place at the time of discharge.

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 found no evidence to justify characterizing the applicant's service or to change the reason and authority for the discharge.

Attaclunent: Examiner's Brief