PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           15 September 1999                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1998012990

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

	Mr. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Ms. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. James M. Alward		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Member	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman 		Member	

	The applicant and counsel if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

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

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests award of the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (ARCAM) and the National Defense Service Medal (NDSM).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that the awards are not entered in her personnel folder or reflected on her DD Form 214.  She contends that as a commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Service she would be entitled to wear these awards for honorable service in the USAR.  In support of her application, she submits a 13 June 1997 letter of explanation, a copy of her Personnel Qualification Record, numerous USAR/National Guard unit orders, a copy of NGB Form 22 (Report of Separation and Record of Service) and a Statement of Service.    

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she was commissioned a second lieutenant on 29 April 1984 in the Army Reserve.  She was ordered to active duty for training on 22 February 1986 and was honorably discharged from active duty on 30 May 1986 and returned to her Army Reserve unit.  The applicant was promoted to first lieutenant on 28 April 1987.  She joined the National Guard on
4 April 1990.  On 2 December 1991, she returned to the Army Reserve and was promoted to captain.  On 19 March 1993 she was honorably discharged from the Ready Reserve. 

5.  The applicant’s military records show that she was issued a DD Form 214 at the time of her release from active duty training on 30 May 1986.  The DD Form 214 does not show the ARCAM or the NDSM as authorized awards.

6.  The applicant’s military records show that she served in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve from 29 April 1984 to 19 March 1993.

7.  There is no evidence the applicant served a period of service which qualifies for award of the NDSM.  Evidence of record shows the applicant entered active duty on 22 February 1986 and was separated on 30 May 1986.

8.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal is authorized for award to Army personnel including Active Guard Reserve officers in the rank of colonel and below for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity while serving as a member of an Army National Guard or Army Reserve troop program unit or as an individual mobilization augmentee.  Since 3 March 1972 the medal has been authorized on completion of 4 years service with a Reserve Component unit.  Individual must have completed 4 years of qualifying service on or after 3 March 1972 and before the effective date of this regulation (28 March 1995).  Beginning on the effective date of this regulation, the period of qualifying service for award of the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal is reduced from 4 to
3 years.  This change is not retroactive.  Such years of qualifying service must have been consecutive.  A period of more than 24 hours between Reserve enlistments or officer’s service will be considered a break in service.  Credit toward earning the award must begin anew after a break in service.  The bronze oak leaf cluster is awarded to denote the second and succeeding awards of a certain decorations, among which is the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal.

9.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, that the National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service for any period between 27 July 1950 through 27 July 1954, 1 January 1961 through 14 August 1974, and 2 August 1990 through 30 November 1995.

10.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it directs that a DD Form 214 will only be issued for active duty service.  The regulation also states that the DD Form 214 will reflect awards and decorations received during the period of service covered by that DD Form 214 and all previous periods of active duty service.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the applicant completed over 8 consecutive years of service as a member of the Army National Guard or the Army Reserve.  Therefore, she is entitled to two awards of the ARCAM, correctly known as the ARCAM with one Oak Leaf Cluster.

2.  The Board noted the applicant’s contention to correct her DD Form 214 with an effective date of 30 May 1986 to show award of the ARCAM.  However, the applicant was not entitled to the first award of the ARCAM until after her period of active duty covered on the DD Form 214.  Therefore, in accordance with the governing regulation, she is not entitled to correction of her DD Form 214 with an effective date of 30 May 1986 to show any award of the ARCAM.  

3.  There is no evidence of record available to the Board which shows the applicant completed a period of active service during a period of eligibility for the NDSM.  Therefore, she is not entitled to correction of her military records. 

4.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, but only as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records (except the DD Form 214 with a separation date of 30 May 1986) related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was awarded the ARCAM with one Oak Leaf Cluster.  
2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied. 

BOARD VOTE:  

JMA____  TSK____  KAN_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		James M. Alward_______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1998012990	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990915	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19860530	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	RCPAC Self-terminating Orders T-01-602154 dtd 8 Jan 86	
DISCHARGE REASON	Completion of period of ADT	
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0058	
2.	107.0069	
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