PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:                              
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AC9810677

	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	
	M .		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. 		Chairperson	
	Mr. 		Member	
	Mr. 		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, in effect, correction of her military records to show her primary military occupational specialty (MOS) at the time of her separation was 31F1PV4.

3.  The applicant states that she has tried three times to have it corrected to no avail.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the Regular Army on 23 June 1989.  She completed basic training and advanced individual training and was awarded MOS 31C10 (Single Channel Radio Operator).  She completed basic airborne and was awarded MOS 31C1P (airborne-qualified).  

5.  On 1 September 1992, she was awarded primary MOS 31F1PV4                   (31F1 -  Electronic Switching System Operator, skill level 1; P - airborne-qualified; additional skill identifier (ASI) V4 - Subscriber Equipment Node Center/Large Extension Node Switch Operator).

6.  On 24 February 1993, she was released from active duty after completing     3 years, 8 months and 2 days of creditable active federal service.

7.  The primary MOS is to be shown in item 11 of the DD Form 214.  There is no requirement to have held the MOS for a specific period of time.  Additional specialties are to be listed only if they involve periods of one or more years.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s primary MOS at the time of her separation was 31F1PV4.  At the time of her separation she held this primary MOS for just under 9 months, but there is no requirement for her to have held it longer than that before it could be entered.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be proper to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by changing her DD Form 214, block 11 to add 31F1PV4 Electronic Switching System Operator, 0 years and 9 months.

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON