PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:  13 June 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000035089

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Ms. Stephanie Thompkins		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Elizabeth Buchanon		Chairperson	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Member	
	Mr. John H. Kern		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 her discharge orders and Honorable Discharge Certificate from the US Army Reserve be corrected to show her rank as major and military occupational specialty (MOS) as 66H, clinical nurse or 66G9R9B, OB (obstetrics) nurse.

3.  The applicant states that her rank is identified as captain, although she was promoted to major on 18 July 1998, and her MOS as 66C and she has never been a psychiatric nurse.  In her unit, she was a 66H and also a 66G9R9B.  In support of her request, she submits a copy of her discharge orders, dated 23 November 1999; her Honorable Discharge Certificate; promotion orders, dated 10 September 1998; and Classification of Army Medical Department Officers, dated 12 September 1994.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she was appointed as a US Army Reserve first lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps, effective 14 December 1989.  She was given 6 years and 8 months constructive service credit.  Her primary MOS was 66J, Clinical Nurse.

5.  She was promoted to captain effective 29 March 1990.

6.  On 12 September 1994, she was awarded primary MOS 66G9R9B, OB Nurse and secondary MOS 66H, Clinical Nurse.

7.  While assigned to a troop program unit, she was considered and selected for promotion to major by the 1998 Reserve Components Selection Board with an effective date of 18 July 1998.

8.  She was honorably discharged from the USAR effective 23 November 1999 for maximum age.

9.  Her records were not updated to show her promotion to major and her discharge orders and certificate erroneously identify her rank as captain and her MOS as 66C, Psychiatric Nurse.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is entitled to correction to her rank and MOS on her discharge orders and certificate.

2.  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 showing the individual concerned was honorably discharged from the USAR effective 23 November 1999 in the rank of major and her MOS was 66G9R9B, OB Nurse. 

BOARD VOTE:  

__EB___  ___BE___  _JK____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Elizabeth Buchanon_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000035089	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000613	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.		
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.