MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:                              
	DOCKET NUMBER:  

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the record of consideration of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.

	Mr. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mr. Edmund P. Mercanti		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Samuel A. Crumpler		Chairperson	
	Mr. Fred K. McCoy		Member	
	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Member	

	The Board, established pursuant to authority contained in 10 U.S.C. 1552, convened at the call of the Chairperson on the above date.  In accordance with Army Regulation 15-185, the application and the available military records pertinent to the corrective action requested were reviewed to determine whether to authorize a formal hearing, recommend that the records be corrected without a formal hearing, or to deny the application without a formal hearing if it is determined that insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

	The applicant requests correction of military records as stated in the application to the Board and as restated herein.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

APPLICANT REQUESTS:  That she be given a reenlistment bonus for both her 1993 and 1996 reenlistments, that she be given a prior service enlistment bonus, and that she be given a Selected Reserve Affiliation Bonus.

APPLICANT STATES:  Through her elected representative, that after she extended her enlistment her military occupational specialty became eligible for a reenlistment bonus but she wasn’t allowed to reenlist at that time.

EVIDENCE OF RECORD:  The applicant's military records show:

She enlisted in the Regular Army on 7 May 1979, was promoted to pay grade 
E-3 and was honorably released from active duty on 11 June 1982 due to sole parenthood.

On 23 May 1983 the applicant accepted assignment to a USAR unit.

She was promoted to pay grade E-4 and reenlisted on 12 January 1986 for 6 years.  She was promoted to pay grade E-5 and was transferred to the USAR Control Group (Reinforcement) on 10 January 1990 due to unsatisfactory participation.

She was assigned back to a USAR unit on 3 December 1990 and extended her reenlistment for 1 year on 11 April 1992.  In conjunction with that extension an Army Senior Retention NCO submitted a statement saying that he informed the applicant that she had already used her entire 4-year military educational entitlement, that she was not entitled to a reenlistment bonus because she had more than 10 years of service, and that she was not entitled to an affiliation bonus because she no longer had any remaining military service obligation.

She reenlisted on 3 April 1993 for 3 years.  She was not given any bonus with that enlistment.

She extended her April 1993 reenlistment for 1 year on 11 April 1992.

She was promoted to pay grade E-7 and reenlisted for 6 years on 1 April 1997.

Army Regulation l35-7, paragraph 4-2, authorizes a reenlistment bonus for members of USAR units who have at least 6, but not more than l0 years of total military service at the expiration of their term of service (ETS), and who reenlist within 3 months before or 24 hours after their ETS.  A bonus is only authorized for reenlistment in either a critical MOS, or a critical unit, as designated by the Department of the Army. 

Chapter 5 of this regulation provides guidance for the selected reserve incentive program affiliation bonus.  This chapter states that soldiers who meet the eligibility criteria may be awarded $50.00 a month for each whole month the soldier serves in affiliation with a unit of the selected reserve until the completion of his or her statutory military service obligation.  An affiliation bonus is terminated when a soldier completes his or her statutory military service obligation.  To be eligible for the bonus the soldier must be serving on active duty, have a remaining statutory military service obligation, and must execute a DA Form 5261-3-R, Selected Reserve Incentive Program - Affiliation Bonus Addendum, in which the soldier promises to serve in the selected reserve for the remaining period of his or her statutory military service obligation.  This chapter defines a statutory military service obligation for soldiers who enlisted in the USAR Delayed Entry Program between 1 October 1979 through 31 May 1984 as 6 years from the date they enlist in the USAR Delayed Entry Program 

DISCUSSION:  Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record and applicable law and regulations, it is concluded:

1.  The applicant did not enlist in the USAR while she was in the Regular Army.  As such, she was not entitled to an affiliation bonus.

2.  There is no evidence that the applicant’s unit or MOS was approved for a bonus when she reenlisted in either April 1993 or 1997.  Absent that designation, she was not entitled to a reenlistment bonus for either reenlistment.  In addition, she ceased to be eligible for a bonus in 1989 when she reached 10 years of service.

3.  In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.

DETERMINATION:  The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

__SAC__  _FKM    __  _MDM__  DENY APPLICATION

						Loren G. Harrell
						Director

INDEX

CASE ID	AC9811115/AR1998003557	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990302	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR .  .  .  .  .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	DENY	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	128.05	
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3.		
4.		
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6.