PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            12 January 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR2000035043
				    AC98-05086

	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. Edmund P. Mercanti		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. John N. Slone		Chairperson	
	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Member	
	Mr. Luther L. Santiful		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.

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY FINDS:

12.  Subsequent to the Board’s 1 April 1998 decision in this case it has come to the attention of the staff of the Board that the Defense Finance and Accounting Service has been unable to determine which bonus zone and multiplier to use in determining how much the applicant should be paid as a bonus.

13.  As stated in paragraph 11 of the Board’s original consideration, an SRB zone is determined by the years of service a soldier has at the time of reenlistment.  In this case the applicant had 9 years of service, which is Zone B.  The bonus multiplier is determined by the eligible military occupational specialty (MOS) held by the soldier at the time of reenlistment.  In this regard the staff of the Board called the Total Army Personnel Command and was advised that the applicant’s MOS was entitled to a “2” multiplier at the time of his reenlistment.

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY CONCLUDES:

6.  The Board did not believe it necessary to state which zone and multiplier should be used in establishing the applicant’s bonus payment.  These bonus qualifiers are established by regulation and the needs of the Army, the later as established in written directives maintained by the Total Army Personnel Command.

7.  However, in order to insure the payment of the applicant in accordance with the approved recommendation of this Board, that recommendation should be amended to add the SRB zone and multiplier applicable in the applicant’s case.

8.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be further corrected as recommended below.

THE BOARD ADDITIONALLY RECOMMENDS:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the Board’s recommendation appearing in the proceedings, dated 1 April 1998, by adding that the individual concerned will be paid his reenlistment bonus with a bonus multiplier of SRB 2B.

BOARD VOTE:  

_jns_____  _inw____  _lls_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_____John N. Slone______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000035043   AC98-05086	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	2000035043	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT PLUS	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	128.05	
2.		
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6.