PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           31 August 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000039540

	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. Robert J. McGowan		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Samuel A. Crumpler		Chairperson	
	Ms. Barbara Ellis		Member	
	Mr. Joe R. Schroeder		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 DD Form 4/1, Enlistment/Reenlistment Document, be corrected to show that he is entitled to a special reenlistment bonus (SRB) of 2A for military occupational specialty (MOS) 11H1P (Airborne Infantry).

3.  The applicant states that he originally reenlisted to go to Hawaii to a non-airborne position.  He then waived going to Hawaii in order to reenlist for his present duty assignment (PDA) as an airborne infantryman at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he is a specialist serving in MOS 11H1P at Fort Bragg.  On 8 August 1999, he reenlisted for 4 years.  His original enlistment contract was for an assignment in Hawaii in a non-airborne infantry assignment.  Item 8b(2) of his DD Form 4/1 read "SRB 1A, MOS 11H."

5.  The applicant later waived his overseas enlistment option for his PDA at Fort Bragg.  He states that Item 8b(2) should have been changed to read "SRB 2A, MOS 11H1P."

6.  In the processing of this case, an advisory opinion was obtained from the Retention management Division, US Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) which recommends that the applicant's request be approved, but for an SRB of 1.5A, not 2A.  The applicant was provided a copy of the advisory opinion and concurred.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant originally sought to reenlist in a non-airborne infantry MOS.  He changed his mind and reenlisted for his PDA, an airborne infantry assignment.  He should have been authorized an SRB of 1.5A, vice 1.0A.

2.  The PERSCOM advisory opinion recommends approving the applicant's request with an SRB of 1.5A.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by correcting the DD Form 4/1 of the individual concerned to read "SRB 1.5A, MOS 11H1P" in Item 8b(2).

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

___sac__  __be____  __jrs____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		  __Samuel R. Crumpler__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000039540	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000831	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT PLUS	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	112.0000	
2.	128.0500	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.