AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE IMTIAL)	GRADE
(b) (6)
TYPE GEN	I	PERSONAL  APPEARAN CE	x	I	RECORD  REVIEW
COU/ISEL	NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGAl\17.ATJON	AOORl:SSANO OK ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL
YES	No
x
VOTF: OF THE BOARD
MEMBER SITTING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY
(b) (6)	x

x
x x x
ISSUS	A 95.00	INDEX N\,")iBER	A67.J O	EXHIBITS  SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD
1  ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPL!CATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LEHER OF NOTIFICATION
4 BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'SRELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADD!TJONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANC E HEARING

HEARING OATE	CASE NUMBER

24 Aug 2016	FD-2016-00019
APPLICANTS JSSUEANDTilE BOARD'S DECISIONAL RATIONALE ARE DISCUSSED ON TIIE AlTACliEO AIR FORCJ; DISOi.ARGE ltliVlEW BOARD DECISIONAL l\ATIONAL6

Case heard in Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board , the right to a persona l appearance with/without counsel, and the right to submit an appl ication to the A FBCMR.

_(b) (6)

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-	INDORSEMENT	DATE : 8/3012016
FROM:

SAF/MRBR

SECRETARY OF THEAIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40	lSJS COMMAND DR.EE WING,JRD FLOOR
RANDOLPH AFB.TX 78150-4742	ANORl.W.   S AF'll, \10 lln6l-7001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2016-00019	

GENERAL:  The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge characterization to Honorable.

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 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 eight (8) Letter of Reprimands (LOR), for which four (4) of the LORs were due to failure to report to appointed place of duty at the prescri bed time.

The applicant states he is trying to obtain employment that requires an Honorable service characterization. He also states an Honorable service characterization will allow him to utilize Montgomery G.I. Bill benefits. The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity to warrant an upgrade of the discharge.  The Board concluded that the characterization of the applicant's discharge was appropriate based on the misconduct.

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.

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