PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           5 August 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999017869

	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. Deborah L. Brantley		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal based on his service as a member of Operation Joint Endeavor/Joint Guard (OJE/OJG).

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant, a lieutenant colonel in the USAR, was order to active duty in December 1996 in support of OJE/OJG.  He received imminent danger pay while in Croatia and Bosnia.  On 
18 August 1997 he was released from active duty.

4.  Section 572 of the FY98 National Defense Authorization Act designated participation by service members in Operation Joint Endeavor (from 1 June 1992 to 19 December 1996) and Operation Joint Guard (from 20 December 1996 to 
20 June 1997) in the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina as meeting the requirements for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.  The medal was limited to only those participants in or those providing direct support to OJE and OJG who were deployed in the countries of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, aboard US Naval vessels operating in the Adriatic Sea and their respective air spaces.  To qualify for the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for OJE and OJG service members must be bona fide members of a unit participating for one or more days in OJE or OJG within the designated area of operations.  The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal is a campaign/theater service award.  Therefore, service members are authorized only one award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in either or both OJE and OJG.  Subsequent award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal are not authorized (no bronze service star).

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant met the requirement for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal based on his participation in Operation Joint Guard and as such is entitled to the award.

2.  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 awarding the individual concerned the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for his participation in Operation Joint Guard; and 

b.  by correcting his separation document accordingly.

BOARD VOTE:  

__mdm__  __aao___  __ewl___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990805	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1. 107.00		
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6.