PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:             8 August 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR2000036313

	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	
	Mr. Walter Avery, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Chairperson	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		Member	
	Mr. Ronald E. Blakely		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 the Spanish language identification code “QB” be added to his primary and secondary military occupational skill (MOS) code.

3.  The applicant states that his separation document (DD Form 214) does not reflect his award of the Spanish language identification code of “QB”.

4.  In support of his application the applicant submits XVIII Airborne Corps Orders 135-2 that indicate that “QB” was added to the applicant’s primary MOS code.

5.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered into the Regular Army on 17 May 1988; was trained as a parachute rigger and served continuously until his honorable separation on 16 March 1996.

6.  AR 600-200 (Enlisted Personnel Management System) provides, in pertinent part, that the language identification code for which a soldier is qualified will be recorded in the eighth and ninth character of the MOS code.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The XVIII Airborne Corps orders awarding the applicant the primary MOS 43E2P00QB shows that the applicant is entitled to the language identification code of QB.

2.  Based on the foregoing, it would be appropriate to correct his DD Form 214 to show that he was awarded the language identification code of QB.

3.  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  

	a.  issuing the applicant a correction of his DD Form 214 reflecting his primary MOS as 43E2P00QB; and

	b.  issuing the applicant a correction of his DD Form 214 reflecting his secondary MOS as 51M2P00QB.

BOARD VOTE:  

__sk____  ___jea __  ___reb __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________Stanley Kelley_______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000036313	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000808	
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.		
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