PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           27 January 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999023534

	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.  

	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Chairperson	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	
	Mr. Elzey J. Arledge, 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 that his DD Forms 214 be corrected to reflect all his active duty time to include his time spent attending military occupational specialty (MOS) 51T training.

3.  The applicant states that his separation date was incorrect at first but was amended, so he served all the time on his contract.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the U. S. Army Reserve (USAR) for 8 years on 25 May 1993.  (There is no enlistment contract on file to show he enlisted in the Regular Army (RA) although his DD Form 214 for the period ending 5 October 1997 shows his component as RA.  His DA Form 2-1, Personnel Qualification Record is not available and the only documents on his Official Military Personnel File are USAR enlistment documents.)

5.  Orders 195-0258, 82d Personnel Service Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, dated 14 July 1997 show that the applicant’s original release from active duty orders were amended to change his release date from 22 June 1997 to 5 October 1997.  On 5 October 1997, he was released from active duty upon completing his required active service.  His DD Form 214 shows he completed 3 years, 3 months and 13 days of active service that period, 2 months and 3 days prior active service and 10 months and 25 days of prior inactive service.

6.  On 6 August 1998, the applicant was ordered to active duty for training from the Arizona Army National Guard to attend the MOS 51T, Technical Engineering Specialist course from 21 August 1998 through 20 January 1999.  He completed the course and was released from active duty for training on 20 January 1999 after completing 5 months of active service that period.  Item 11 shows he held primary MOS 51T10 for 0 years and 0 months.  Items 12d and 12e, prior active and inactive service, show “SEE BLOCK #18,” which indicates that a DD Form 215 would be issued to provide the missing information.  There is no evidence of record to show a DD Form 215 was issued. 

7.  Army Regulation 635-5 prescribes the separation documents prepared for soldiers upon retirement, discharge or release from active military service or control of the Army.  It establishes standardized policy for the preparation and distribution of DD Form 214.  The DD Form 214 is a synopsis of the soldier’s most recent period of continuous active duty.  It provides a brief, clear-cut record of active Army service at the time of release from active duty, retirement or discharge.  Item 11 will contain MOS codes and titles and the years and months held.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board concludes there is no error on the applicant’s DD Form 214 for the period ending 5 October 1997.  His 51T training would not be listed on this DD Form 214 because he did not attend the course during the period of service covered by this form.  His net active service for this period is properly shown in item 12c as 3 years 3 months and 13 days.  Any time served in an active or inactive service after 5 October 1997 would not be reflected on this form.

2.  The Board concludes there is no error in item 11 of the applicant’s DD Form 214 for the period ending 20 January 1999.  The Board presumes that he was awarded MOS 51T upon completing the course on or about 20 January 1999.  Therefore, he held the MOS for no more than a day or 2 prior to his separation, not for 6 months.

3.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 for the period ending 20 January 1999 is incomplete (items 12d and 12e) due to his separating on temporary records.  As of 20 January 1999, he had a total of 3 years, 5 months and 16 days of prior active service and a total of 1 year, 9 months and 10 days of prior inactive service. 

4.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the applicant’s DD Form 214 for the period ending         20 January 1999, items 12d and 12e to read 0003 005 16 and 0001 09 10, respectively.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

__inw___  __sk____  __eja___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Irene N. Wheelwright
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999023534	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000127	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
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6.