PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:             5 December 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR2000047624

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Ann M. Campbell		Chairperson	
	Mr. Jose A. Martinez		Member	
	Mr. Allen L. Raub		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 pay grade at the time of his enlistment be changed from pay grade E-1 to pay grade E-2 and that he be granted the retroactive pay occasioned by this change.

3.  The applicant states in effect that he completed the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Program in high school and therefore should have been enlisted in pay grade E-2.  In support of his request, he submits a copy of his high school grade transcripts showing that he completed 1 year of JROTC.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army in pay grade E-1 for 4 years on 5 January 2000.  His enlistment contract does not reflect that he was given credit for completion of the JROTC Program.

5.  In the processing of this case, a staff advisory opinion was obtained from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (ODCSPER).  The ODCSPER opined that the applicant should have been permitted to enlist in pay grade E-2 based on having completed the JROTC Program and recommended that his grade and date of rank be adjusted to the date of his enlistment.  The opinion was furnished to the applicant for comment but he did not respond.

6.  Army Regulation 601-210, Regular Army and Army Reserve Enlistment Program, provides in paragraph 2-20, that if the applicant is a high school diploma graduate or high school senior and has taken part in and completed 1 or more years of JROTC or a National Defense Cadet Corps Program and enlist at any time, he is entitled to enlist in pay grade E-2.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence submitted by the applicant substantiates that he completed the JROTC Program while in high school and thus was eligible to be enlisted in pay grade E-2 instead of pay grade E-1.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by:

a.  adjusting the grade and date of rank of the individual concerned to pay grade E-2 effective from the date of his enlistment on 5 January 2000; and 

b.	paying to him any back pay due as a result of this correction.

BOARD VOTE:  

__amc __  ___jam__  ___alr___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__________Ann M. Campbell______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000047624	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20001205	
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.  112.02		
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