PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            24 October 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000043963

	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	
	Ms. Beverly A. Young		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Edwin S. Castle		Member	
	Mr. John T. Meixell		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 correction of his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from Active Duty) to show his total active service as “6 years, 7 months and 28 days”.  He also requests correction of his DD Form 214 to show award of the Air Assault Badge and the Rifle Qualification Bar with Sharpshooter Qualification Badge (correctly known as the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 should be corrected to show his total active service as “6 years, 7 months and 28 days” and to show award of the Air Assault Badge and the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar.  In support of his application, he submits a copy of his DD Form 214, NGB Form 22 (National Guard Bureau Report of Separation and Record of Service) and a Certificate of Training from the Air Assault School.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 27 June 1974 for a period of 4 years.  He completed infantry training and was assigned to Germany from 17 November 1974 through 12 November 1977.  He was honorably released from active duty and transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) Control Group (Stand-by).  On 25 February 1980, the applicant enlisted in the Army National Guard and served until he was honorably discharged on 24 February 1981.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows he enlisted in the Regular Army on 27 June 1974 and completed 4 years of total active service.  Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell Orders Number 152-206, dated 1 June 1978, indicates that the applicant was honorably released from active duty on 26 June 1978 and assigned to the USAR Control Group (Stand-by).

6.  NGB Form 22 shows the applicant enlisted in the Army National Guard on 25 February 1980 and completed 1 year of total active service.  This discharge document also shows that he completed 5 years, 7 months and 28 days of prior active service.  In addition, item 11c of his NGB Form 22 shows he completed 6 years, 7 months and 28 days of total active service.

7.  The applicant provided a copy of his Certificate of Training from the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault School, dated 21 February 1978, which awarded him the Air Assault Badge for completion of the program requirements of the Air Assault School.

8.  The applicant’s NGB Form 22 shows award of the “Rifle Qualification Bar with Sharpshooter Qualification Badge” in item 18 (Decorations, Medals, Badges, Commendations, Citations, and Campaign Ribbons Awarded this Period).  His DD Form 214 does not show the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar.  There also is no evidence the applicant qualified as a Sharpshooter with the rifle while serving on active duty.
 
9.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it directs that the net service will be entered in the appropriate item of the DD Form 214.  

10.  Army Regulation 600-8-22, in pertinent part, sets forth requirements for award of the Air Assault Badge.  Award of the Air Assault Badge requires that an individual must have satisfactorily completed an air assault training course according to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command standardized Air Assault Core Program of Instruction, or completed the standard Air Assault Course while assigned or attached to 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) after 1 April 1974.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows that the applicant served in the Regular Army from 27 June 1974 through 26 June 1978.  His DD Form 214 reflects 4 years of total active service. 

2.  Records also show that the applicant was assigned to the USAR Control Group (Stand-by) from 27 June 1978 through 24 February 1980 and the Army National Guard from 25 February 1980 through 24 February 1981.  The applicant was issued a NGB Form 22 which shows he completed 6 years, 7 months and 28 days of total active service which includes active duty and inactive service in the Reserve components.

3.  There is no evidence of error or injustice in the applicant’s records regarding his total active service, therefore, his DD Form 214 is correct as currently constituted and he is not entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show he completed “6 years, 7 months and 28 days” of total active service.

4.  The applicant was awarded the Air Assault Badge for successfully completing the program requirements for Air Assault School.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show the Air Assault Badge.

5.  The applicant was awarded the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar during his service in the Army National Guard and his NGB Form 22 correctly reflects this award.  However, the applicant is not entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show the Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar because there is no evidence of this qualification.  Therefore, his DD Form 214 is correct as currently constituted.

6.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, but only as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing the individual concerned was awarded the Air Assault Badge.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

MKP____  ESC____  JTM_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Margaret K. Patterson_
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000043963	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001024 	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT IN PART	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.0000	
2.	107.0000	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.