PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            23 February 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999025512

	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.  

	Ms. Rosa M. Chandler		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor Jr. 		Chairperson	
	Ms. Elizabeth Buchanon 		Member	
	Mr. Raymond J. Wagner		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 DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show a reenlistment eligibility (RE) code which will allow reenlistment.  

3.  The applicant states that she believes that she should have been separated with an RE code of RE-1 as a result of completing her required period of active service and receiving an honorable discharge.

4.	On 4 June 1994, the applicant enlisted in the Delayed Entry/Enlistment 
Program (DEP).  On 31 August 1994, she was discharged from the DEP.

5.  On 1 September 1994, she enlisted in the Regular Army (RA) for 4 years, and training in military occupational specialty (MOS) 71L (Administrative Specialist). 

6.  On 31 August 1998, she was released from active duty under the provisions of chapter 4, Army Regulation 635-200, for completion of required active service, with an honorable discharge.  She had completed 4 years of active military service.  She was given an RE code of RE-3.  She was assigned to the United States Army Reserve (USAR) Control Group, Army Reserve Personnel Center, St. Louis, Missouri.

7.  Pertinent Army Regulations provide that prior to discharge or release from active duty, individuals will be assigned RE codes, based on their service records or the reason for discharge.  Army Regulation 601-210 covers eligibility criteria, policies, and procedures for enlisting and processing into the RA and the eligibility for prior service applicant’s for enlistment.  That chapter includes a list of Armed Forces RE codes and RA RE codes.

8.	RE code RE-1 denotes an individual who is fully eligible for reenlistment.
An RE Code of RE-3 is assigned to individuals who are separated for cause 
or otherwise have a disqualification which would require a waiver to reenlist.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The available records show the applicant was released from active duty after the completion of her required active service with no bar to reenlistment or other reason why a waiver would be required to reenlist.

2.  The applicant is entitled to have her DD Form 214, Item 27 (Reentry Code), corrected to show RE-1 vice the RE-3 that is currently shown.

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 by issuing to the individual concerned a DD Form 215 (Correction to DD Form 214), which corrects Item 27 of her DD Form 214 issued to her on 31 August 1998 to read RE-1.

BOARD VOTE:  

__RVO__  __EB____  __RJW__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_RAYMOND V. O’CONNOR JR._
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999025512	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000223	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT 	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.110		
2.		
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6.