PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:           

	BOARD DATE:                5 January 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:       AR1999027433

	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. Hubert S. Shaw, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Erin J. Olmes		Chairperson	
	Mr. John D. Miller		Member	
	Mr. James M. Alward		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 correction of her records to show award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in Somalia and to show her foreign service in Somalia.

3.  The applicant states that she served in Somalia from 26 June 1993 to 7 September 1993 with the 32d Transportation Company.  

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she entered active duty on 1 October 1992 and completed training as a motor transport operator.  She was honorably discharged on 13 September 1996.  Her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) does not show the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal as an authorized award and there are no entries showing service in Somalia or in item 12f (Foreign Service).  

5.  The applicant provided a copy of a unit memorandum to the Adjutant of the 129th Support Battalion requesting award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal to unit members participating in Operation Continue Hope in Mogadishu, Somalia.  The memorandum stated that award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal was in accordance with Military Personnel Message 93-202 and showed the applicant served in Somalia from “29 JUN to 28 AUG”.  She also provided a copy of a certificate presented to her on 25 August 1993 by the Commander of the 260th Quartermaster Battalion for her service in Somalia.

6.  Military Personnel message 93-202, dated 251542Z May 1993, authorized the AFEM for members of the U.S. Armed Forces who participated in Operation Restore Hope and Operation United Shield in Somalia beginning 5 December 1992.  No orders were promulgated for this award; however, unit personnel agencies were responsible for updating the records of personnel eligible for the AFEM to show this award. 

7.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it directs that foreign service performed during the period covered by the DD Form will be entered in item 12f.  The regulation also states that the amount of foreign service will be taken from the soldier’s Enlisted Qualification Record or, if necessary, verified from the soldier’s Military Personnel Records Jacket.  However, Department of the Army issued guidance that service in a temporary duty status in an overseas theater would not be reported as foreign service in item 12f unless for a period longer than 6 months and that service in a temporary duty status would be reported item 18 (Remarks) of the DD Form 214.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s name is on a roster of unit personnel submitted for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in Somalia.  Therefore, the applicant is entitled to award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for her service in Somalia and correction of her records to show this award. 

2.  Evidence of record confirmed the applicant served in Somalia from 28 June to 29 August 1993, a period of less than six months.  As a result, the applicant is entitled to addition of an entry in item 18 (Remarks) showing her service in Somalia from 28 June to 29 August 1993.

3.  There is no evidence of record available to the Board, and the applicant has provided no evidence, which shows that she served in Somalia from 26 June 1993 to 7 September 1993 as claimed in her application to the Board.  Evidence of record shows that she served in Somalia from 29 June 1993 to 28 August 1993.  Therefore, she is not entitled to correction of her records to show her dates of service in Somalia as 26 June 1993 to 7 September 1993. 

4.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, but only as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  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 service in Somalia; and

	b.  by placing the entry “SERVICE IN SOMALIA:  29JUN93-28AUG93” in item 18 (Remarks) of her DD Form 214.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

EJO_____  JDM____  JMA____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Erin J. Olmes_________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999027433	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000105	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	199960913	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	UNKNOWN	
DISCHARGE REASON	UNKNOWN	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	MR SCHNEIDER	
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
2.	100.00	
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4.		
5.		
6.