PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           7 September 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000035126

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Celia L. Adolphi		Chairperson	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		Member	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern, III		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 she receive discharge orders from the U. S. Army Reserve (USAR) and that she be awarded retirement points for completing her basic training/initial active duty for training (IADT).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that she needs her USAR discharge orders and IADT points so the Air Force can award her the appropriate service credit.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the USAR on 4 June 1990 for 8 years, making her expiration term of service (ETS) 3 June 1998.  Orders 112-009, Military Entrance Processing Station, Raleigh, NC, dated 4 June 1990 ordered her to IADT to report on 7 June 1990 for approximately 9 weeks for basic training.  Certificate of Training, DA Form 87, issued by Fort Dix, NJ shows she completed basic entry training on 10 August 1990.  Orders dated 10 August 1990, Headquarters U. S. Army Training Center and Fort Dix Transition Point, issued in lieu of Active Duty Report, DD Form 220, shows she entered active duty on 7 June 1990 and her basic training/IADT terminated on 10 August 1990.  The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) stated that their files do not show that she had active duty from 7 June – 10 August 1990 but that it was possible that she was paid while at her station and nothing was sent to DFAS.

5.  On 25 August 1992, the applicant was released from her unit and was assigned to Control Group Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC).  She enlisted as a USAR (Cadet) on 26 August 1992 for 8 years.

6.  Around August 1993, the applicant was disenrolled from ROTC for failure to maintain the required grade point average.  She was to be transferred to the appropriate control group of the Individual Ready Reserve to complete her military service obligation (MSO) (statutory and/or contractual).  No transfer order is available.

7.  The Office of the Chief, Army Reserve indicated by e-mail on 25 August 2000 that since the applicant did not complete ROTC her MSO remained June 1998.  There is no evidence of record to show the applicant was discharged earlier than June 1998 or that she ever reenlisted in the USAR or that she was discharged upon completion of her MSO on 3 June 1998.  The last entry on the Retirement Points Accounting System for her is retirement year ending (RYE) date 3 June 1995.

8.  On 24 July 1999, the applicant took an oath of office as a first lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve and was ordered to extended active duty in the U. S. Air Force.

9.  Army Regulation 140-111 governs the immediate reenlistment or extension of current members of the USAR.  Paragraph 7-3 states that the effective date of discharge of enlisted soldiers assigned to the Individual Ready Reserve is their ETS.

10.  Army Regulation 140-185 prescribes the types of training and activities for which retirement points are authorized.  In pertinent parts, it states that 15 membership points are earned for each year in an active status and personnel on IADT are awarded 1 point for each calendar day they serve on IADT.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant should have been discharged from the USAR on 3 June 1998, her ETS and the date of completion of her MSO. There is no evidence of record to show that such orders were published and that lack of orders is working to her detriment of her career in the U. S. Air Force.

2.  The Board concludes that there is sufficient evidence to show that the applicant was on IADT for the period 7 June – 10 August 1990 and that she should be awarded the appropriate retirement points for this IADT.  She should also be awarded 15 membership points for RYEs 3 June 1996, 3 June 1997, and 3 June 1998.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the applicant was discharged from the USAR effective 3 June 1998.

2.  That the applicant be awarded active duty points for RYE 3 June 1991 for the period 7 June – 10 August 1990 when she was on IADT and 15 membership points for RYEs 3 June 1996, 3 June 1997 and 3 June 1998.

BOARD VOTE:  

__cla___  __wtm___  __tbr___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Celia L. Adolphi
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000035126	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000907	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	135.03	
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5.		
6.