PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:           

	BOARD DATE:                21 November 2000              
	DOCKET NUMBER:       AR2000045439

	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:

	Mr. Thomas A. Pagan		Chairperson	
	Mr. Roger W. Able		Member	
	Mr. Thomas E. O’Shaughnessy		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 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show he completed training at the Airborne Qualifications School (correctly known as the Airborne School) for a period of 3 weeks, the Pharmacy School for a period of 22 weeks and the General Medical Orientation School for a period of 5 weeks.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 does not show the training and schools he attended.  In support of his application, he provides a copy of his Army/American Council on Education Registry Transcript, dated 19 September 1991.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 7 June 1988.  He completed training as a pharmacy specialist and served in Southwest Asia (SWA) from 9 September 1990 to 20 April 1991.  The applicant was honorably discharged from active duty on 7 June 1992.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not list the Airborne School, the Pharmacy School or the General Medical Orientation School in item 14 (Military Education). His DD Form 214 does show the entry “PHARMACY SPECIALIST 5WKS 8903” in item 14.

6.  The applicant provided a copy of his Army/American Council on Education Registry Transcript which indicates he completed the Airborne Qualification Course during the period 27 February 1989 to 17 March 1989.  This document shows he also completed training as a pharmacy specialist during the period 25 September 1988 to 10 February 1989.  Records show he completed the General Medical Orientation Course from 19 June 1988 to 15 July 1988.

7.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the policies and procedures for completion and distribution of the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part it states that item 14 (military education) will list formal in service training courses successfully completed during the period of service covered by title, length in weeks, and month and year completed.  This information is to assist the soldier after separation in job placement and counseling; therefore, training courses for combat skills are not listed.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant completed the Airborne Qualification Course during the period 27 February 1989 to 17 March 1989.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show the entry “Airborne School, 3 Weeks, March 1989”.

2.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows he completed training as a pharmacy specialist in March 1989 for a period of 5 weeks.  However, evidence of record shows he completed training as a pharmacy specialist during the period 25 September 1988 to 10 February 1989.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show the entry “Pharmacy Specialist, 18 Weeks, February 1989”.

3.  The applicant completed the General Medical Orientation Course from 19 June 1988 to 15 July 1988; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show the entry “General Medical Orientation, 4 Weeks, July 1988.”

4.  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:

a.  by deleting the entry “PHARMACY SPECIALIST 5WKS 8903” in item 14 of the individual concerned DD Form 214; and 

b.  by adding the entries “Airborne School, 3 Weeks, March 1989”, “Pharmacy Specialist, 18 Weeks, February 1989” and “General Medical Orientation, 4 Weeks, July 1988” in item 14 of his DD Form 214.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

TAP____  RWA_____  TEO____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Thomas A. Pagan_______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000045439	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001121	
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.	100.0000	
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