PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            18 August 1999                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999020038

	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. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Edward Williamson		Member	
	Ms. Sherri V. Ward 		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 his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show award of “Jump Wings” (correctly known as the Parachute Badge) and completion of “Jump School” (correctly known as the Airborne Course).    

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 does not reflect completion of “Jump School”.  In support of his application, he submits a certificate of completion for the Airborne Course. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 17 February 1982 for a period of 4 years.  He successfully completed training and was transferred to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for duty as an infantryman.  On 8 November 1983 he was separated with a general discharge under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 13, for unsatisfactory performance. 

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show award of the Parachute Badge or completion of the Airborne Course.
  
6.  Headquarters United States Army Infantry Center Permanent Orders 226-9, dated 29 November 1982, shows the applicant was awarded the Parachute Badge.

7.  The applicant provided a copy of a certificate of completion, dated
2 December 1982, which shows he successfully completed the Airborne Course.

8.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the policies and procedures for completion and distribution of the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part it 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 Parachute Badge; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his military records to show this award.

2.  The applicant completed the Airborne Course on 2 December 1982.  As an exception to policy, the Board determined that the applicant is entitled to correction of item 14 (Military Education) on his DD Form 214 to show completion of this training course for combat skills. 

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 Parachute Badge; and

	b.  by showing in item 14 (Military Education) the entry “Airborne Course Dec 82” on the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned. 

BOARD VOTE:  

RVO____  EW_____  SVW____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999020038	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990818	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(GD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19831108	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200 Chapter 13  	
DISCHARGE REASON	Unsatisfactory Performance	
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0120	
2.	100.0700	
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5.		
6.