PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           29 September 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999026862

	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. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas A. Pagan		Member	
	Ms. Meta Waller		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 he be paid a Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) for his reenlistment in 1975.

3.  The applicant states that in 1975 he had been improperly advised that if he reenlisted under the SRB option and attended Ranger School, he would have to repay the SRB money.  It was only recently that his Career Counselor told him that he had been given incorrect information as graduating from Ranger School would not have changed his military occupational specialty (MOS).

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he initially enlisted in the Regular Army on 25 September 1973.  He reenlisted on 26 August 1975.  His DD Form 4 for that enlistment shows he reenlisted for present duty assignment and that he declined SRB 2A.

5.  In the processing of this case, an advisory opinion was obtained from the Retention Management Division, U. S. Total Army Personnel Command.  That office recommended approval of the applicant’s request, noting that at the time he reenlisted there was no policy in effect that required he decline an SRB to attend ranger training.

6.  A copy of the advisory opinion was provided to the applicant for comment but he did not respond within the given time frame.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board concludes that an injustice occurred in this case.  There was no requirement for the applicant to decline an SRB for either ranger training or to reenlist for present duty assignment.  The Board concludes that had he been properly counseled by his unit reenlistment counselor, he would not have declined the SRB.

2.  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 4 for his reenlistment commencing 26 August 1975 to show he reenlisted for SRB –2A, MOS 11B.

2.  That the Defense Finance and Accounting Service pay the applicant in accordance with his SRB entitlement.

BOARD VOTE:  

__fne___  __tap___  __mw____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Fred N. Eichorn
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999026862	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990929	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.00	
2.	128.05	
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5.		
6.