PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           5 October 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000047138

	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. Shirley L. Powell		Chairperson	
	Mr. Elzey J. Arledge, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Jaime Perez		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, in effect, that his enlistment contract be corrected to show he enlisted for 2 years and 34 weeks.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his enlistment contract erroneously shows he enlisted for 2 years and 00 weeks.

4.  The applicant’s U. S. Army Recruiting Command reservation sheets show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 1 August 2000 for 2 years and 34 weeks.  This would make his normal expiration term of service (ETS) 26 March 2003.  His Enlistment/Reenlistment Contract, DD Form 4/3, item 20a erroneously shows he enlisted for 2 years and 00 weeks.

5.  On 7 August 2000, the U. S. Army Recruiting Liaison Office at Fort Knox, KY attempted to correct this error when they prepared, and the applicant signed, an Oath of Extension of Enlistment, DA Form 1695, to show he voluntarily extended his 2 year enlistment of 1 August 2000 to a period of 2 years, 0 months, and        34 weeks.  The period of the extension was 9 months and his new ETS date was 26 March 2003.  (A 9-month extension would make the applicant’s ETS 31 May 2003).

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is an administrative error on the applicant’s DD Form 4/3.  The evidence of record shows that he enlisted on 1 August 2000 for 2 years and         34 weeks, not 2 years and 00 weeks.

2.  The U. S. Army Recruiting Liaison Office at Fort Knox, KY attempted to correct this error when they prepared DA Form 1695.  However, the DA Form 1695 is confusing.  It shows the applicant extended his enlistment to a period of  2 years and 34 weeks, which correctly reflects an ETS date of 26 March 2003.  However, it also shows the period of the extension to be 9 months, which would make the applicant’s ETS 31 May 2003.

3.  To avoid any possible confusion, the Board concludes that it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s DD Form 4/3 to show he enlisted on           1 August 2000 for 2 years and 34 weeks and to void his extension of 7 August 2000.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That the applicant’s DD Form 4/3 dated 1 August 2000, item 20a be corrected to show he enlisted for 2 years and 34 weeks.
2.  That the applicant’s DA Form 1695 dated 7August 2000 be voided.

BOARD VOTE:  

__slp___  __eja___  __jp____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Shirley L. Powell
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000047138	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20001005	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.03	
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