PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                 4 November 1998
DOCKET NUMBER:        AC98-09860

	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	
	Mr. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. James E. Vick		Chairperson	
	Mr. Luther L. Santiful		Member	
	Mr. Thomas N. Kuhn		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 correction of his records to show award of the Air Assault Badge and military education which he completed.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that these items were inadvertently left off of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty).  In support of his application, he submits orders awarding the Air Assault Badge and certificates showing completion of the Jungle Operations Training Course and Opposing Force Weapons Course 5-95.

4.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the Air Assault Badge as an authorized award.  Item 14 (Military Education) of his DD Form 214 shows the entry “NONE//NOTHING FOLLOWS”.

5.  The applicant’s military records show he entered active duty on 26 July 1994. He completed training as an infantryman and served at Fort Drum, New York.  The applicant was honorably separated from active duty by reason of personality disorder on 4 April 1997.

6.  The applicant submitted a copy of 10th Mountain Division Permanent Orders 260-48, dated 13 September 1996 which awarded him the Air Assault Badge.

7.  The applicant submitted a Certificate of Training, dated 4 march 1995, which shows he completed the Jungle Operations Training Course (120 hours) in Panama during the period 12 February 1995 to 3 march 1995.

8.  The applicant submitted a Certificate of Training, dated 24 march 1995, which shows he completed the Opposing Force Weapons Course 5-95 (40 hours) conducted at Fort Drum, New York.

9.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the policies and procedures for completion and distribution of the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, the regulation states that item 14 (military education) will list formal in service training courses successfully completed during the period of service covered by title, length in weeks, and month and year completed.  This information is to assist the soldier after separation in job placement and counseling; therefore, training courses for combat skills are not listed.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Air Assault Badge; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show this badge.

2.  The applicant successfully completed the Jungle Operations Training Course and the Opposing Force Weapons Course which are in service training courses; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his records to show these courses.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected:

a.  by showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Air Assault Badge; and 

b.  by showing that he completed the Jungle Operations Training Course which was 3 weeks in duration in March 1995 and the Opposing Force Weapons Course which was 1 week in duration in March 1995.

BOARD VOTE:  

JEV_____  LLS_____  TNK____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON