PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           7 September 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000042424

	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 his Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD Form 214 be corrected to show he served overseas, to add his time in the Delayed Enlistment Program (DEP), to show his field duty in Yakima, WA and at a National Training Center exercise, to add his two Army Commendation Medals (ARCOMs) and to add the hand grenade badge.

3.  The applicant states that he deployed to Germany in October 1987 for Exercise REFORGER.  He provides his DD Form 214 and a picture of his duffel bag used during the overseas exercise.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the U. S. Army Reserve DEP on 7 July 1986.  He enlisted in the Regular Army on 17 September 1986.

5.  The applicant’s Personnel Qualification Record, DA Form 2-1 shows he was awarded the marksman qualification badge (hand grenade).  His Official Military Personnel File shows he was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal.  There is no evidence of record to show he was awarded the ARCOM.  There is no evidence of record to show he deployed to Germany on a training exercise.  The temporary duty orders that would have ordered him to deploy overseas would not have been retained for filing as a permanent document.  There is no evidence of record to show he participated in stateside-based exercises.  Such exercises are not authorized entries on the DA Form 2-1 or on the DD Form 214.

6.  On 25 September 1990, the applicant was honorably discharged upon his expiration term of service.

7.  The Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation states that service as an enlisted member in the Reserves before beginning active duty in a Regular component, frequently referred to as the DEP, is creditable service for pay provided the member enlisted in the Reserve component before 1 January 1985.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is no evidence of record to show the applicant deployed on a REFORGER exercise.  The photograph he provides is insufficient evidence -- the duffel bag cannot be identified as his duffel bag, the photograph is not dated and there is no evidence to show that this duffel bag was transported to Germany.

2.  Time spent at stateside field exercises are not authorized entries on the      DD Form 214.

3.  Time spent in the DEP after 1 January 1985 is not creditable for pay and so is not an authorized entry in item 12 of the DD Form 214.  The applicant enlisted in the DEP on 7 July 1986.

4.  There is no evidence of record to show the applicant was awarded an ARCOM.  There is evidence to show he was awarded the marksman qualification badge (hand grenade) and also the Army Good Conduct Medal, neither of which are listed on his DD Form 214.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That the applicant’s DD Form 214 be corrected by adding the marksman qualification badge (hand grenade) and the Army Good Conduct Medal to item 13.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__cla___  __wtm___  __tbr___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Celia L. Adolphi
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR200042424	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000907	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.