PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           3 May 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000036633

	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.  

	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. John H. Kern		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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 enlistment contract be corrected to show she enlisted for 3 years.

3.  The applicant states that she thought she could enlist for only three years for the Student Loan Repayment Program but somehow she was enlisted for 4 years.  

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the Regular Army on 8 July 1999 for 4 years for the Loan Repayment Program (LRP) incentive. 

5.  In the processing of this case, an advisory opinion was obtained from the Retention Management Division, U. S. Total Army Personnel Command.  That office noted that the applicant had been told that she would have to enlist for a period of 4 years to be eligible for the LRP but that in accordance with Army Regulation 601-210, Table 9-4, the minimum enlistment period is 3 years.  That office recommended that the applicant’s  DD Form 4 and all supporting documents be changed to reflect 3 years, control number 510256055.  The applicant was provided a copy of the advisory opinion and concurred with it.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant was given misinformation and she was eligible to enlist for a period of 3 years and still be eligible for the LRP.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 8 July 1999 for a period of    3 years, control number 510256055.

BOARD VOTE:  

__rvo___  __jhk___  __ewl___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000036633	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000503	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.03	
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