PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:         

	BOARD DATE:             12 September 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:     AR2000038003

	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. Calvin M. Fowler		Chairperson	
	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Member	
	Ms Carol Jo Suiter		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 his records be corrected to show that he reenlisted for 3 years and not the 2 years his records currently reflects.

3.  The applicant states that after he enlisted for two years he was informed that as a sergeant first class (SFC) the minimum years he could reenlist for was 3 years.

4.  The applicant’s military records are not available.  Information herein was provided by the applicant.

5.  The applicant is currently a SFC in the U.S. Army Reserve.  His date of birth is 16 May 1948.

6.  On 7 January 2000 a DD Form 4 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document Armed Forces of the United States) was prepared for the applicant’s immediate reenlistment into the U.S. Army Reserve for a period of 2 years. 

7.  A memorandum prepared by the command retention NCO, states that on 7 January 2000, he made the mistake of typing the number 2 instead of the number 3 when preparing the applicant’s reenlistment contract.  He did not notice the mistake until after he had mailed the contract.

8.  AR 140-111 (U.S. Army Reserve Reenlistment Program) Table 2-3, Line 1, provides, in pertinent part, that if an applicant is assigned to a USAR unit and chooses to continue unit membership and is 18 thru 54 years of age and is currently serving under a USAR enlistment, and is within 3 months of completing his previous enlistment, the member may reenlist for a term of 3 thru 6 years.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The governing regulation indicates that a mistake was made by not enlisting the applicant for a minimum of 3 years.  The retention NCO’s supporting statement and request for correction by the applicant moves the Board to approve the applicant’s request.

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 that on 7 January 2000 the applicant reenlisted into the U.S. Army Reserve for a period of 3 years.

BOARD VOTE:  

__cmf          ___fne_  ____cjs__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________Calvin M. Fowler____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000038003	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000912	
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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