PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           6 October 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999017770

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Chairperson	
	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		Member	
	Mr. Roger W. Able		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, that the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Defense Course be added to his DD Form 214.

3.  The applicant makes no statement but provides a copy of the NBC Defense Course certificate of training and his DD Form 214 as supporting evidence.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on      2 August 1994.  He completed a 2-week long NBC Defense Course in February 1997.  He separated by reason of a physical disability on 9 February 1998.  His DD Form 214 does not list the NBC Defense Course.

5.  Army Regulation 635-5 prescribes the separation documents which are prepared for individuals upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service.  In pertinent part, it states that in-service training courses successfully completed during this period of service will be entered in block 14 of the DD Form 214.  The information is to assist the soldier in job placement and counseling. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board concludes that a Government error occurred in this case.  The evidence shows the applicant completed the 2-week long NBC Defense Course, an in-service training course meeting the requirements for entry on the DD Form 214.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice 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 adding the NBC Defense Course to the applicant’s DD Form 214.

BOARD VOTE:  

__aao___  __vbc___  __rwa___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Arthur A. Omartian
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999017770	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19991006	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.07	
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