AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD	
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)
(b)(6)	HEARING DATE
2016-11-09	CASE NUMBER FD-2016- 00166	
TYPE		PERSONAL APPEARANCE	x	NON-P.E.RSO- NAL APPEAJµNCE-	-	
COUNSEL	NAME OF COUNSEL ANO 01\ OllGANIZATION	ADDl\1!:$S AND OR ORGANIZATION OFCOUNSEL	
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MEMBER SITTING	VOTE OF THE BOARD	;	
	HON	GEN	UOTHC	.OTHER	DENY	
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ISSUES	INDEX NUMBER	EXHIBITS SUBMI'ITED TOTHE J!OARD ·	
		1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD	
		2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW  OFDISCHARGE	
		3	urrfER OF NOTIFJCATION	
		4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE	
			COUNSEL'SRELEASE TO THE BOARD
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			ADDITTONAL EXHIBITS SUBMJTTED AT TIME OF  PERSONAL APPEARANCE	
			TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING	
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Case heard in Washington, D.C.

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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2016-00166	

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 dclined and requests that the review be completed based on the available service record.

Pursuant to 10 USC §1553 this board included a member who is a clinical psychologist  or psychiatrist, or a physician with training on mental health issues connected with post traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and/or special training on mental health disorders.

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 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.  Inreviewing 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 applicant's record of service included: one Article 15; one Letter of Reprimand; and one Record of Individual Counseling. Her misconduct included: failing to respond to a squadron initiated recall by not answering her phone; assaulting another Airman; and wrongfully smoking otanical incense, also known as K.2, an intoxicating substance.

The Board completed a thorough review of the circumstances that led to the discharge and the discharge process to determine if the discharge met the.pertinent standards of equity and propriety.  The applicant received a General discharge for Misconduct -Drug Abuse.  The applicant contends the discharge was inequitable because it was too harsh.  She claims that she was used as an example.  After review of the record, the Board found no evidence to indicate that the applicant was unaware of the Air Force policy of zero tolerance to drug use.  The Board concluded that the negative aspects of the applicant's service outweighed the positive contributions she made in her Air Force career.  The characterization of the  . discharge received by the applicant was found to be appropriate.

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 ofthe record and advice from the mental health specialist, the Board found no indication that any mental health issues had an impact on the applicant's misconduct or on his discharge.
.Additionally, the Board found no evidence to justify an upgrade of the discharge characterization, change of reason and authority for the discharge, or change to 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 discharge and determines the discharge should remain unchanged.

Attaclunent:  Examiner's Brief	

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