MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:            8 March 2001                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000048247

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the record of consideration of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.

	Mr. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Roger Able		Chairperson	
	Ms. Barbara J. Lutz		Member	
	Mr. William D. Powers		Member	

	The Board, established pursuant to authority contained in 10 U.S.C. 1552, convened at the call of the Chairperson on the above date.  In accordance with Army Regulation 15-185, the application and the available military records pertinent to the corrective action requested were reviewed to determine whether to authorize a formal hearing, recommend that the records be corrected without a formal hearing, or to deny the application without a formal hearing if it is determined that insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

	The applicant requests correction of military records as stated in the application to the Board and as restated herein.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

APPLICANT REQUESTS:  In effect, that her Home of Record (HOR) be corrected to reflect Spokane, Washington vice Jacksonville, Florida.

APPLICANT STATES:  That she was inducted into the service in Spokane, Washington and that her “separation will be Spokane” and as such she would like her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show her HOR as Spokane, Washington.  She submits no evidence in support of her request.

EVIDENCE OF RECORD:  The applicant's military records show:

She was born in Spain to U.S. citizen in 1976 and graduated from high school in Cheney, Washington in 1994.  In June 1999 she graduated with a BA degree from Eastern Washington University located in Cheney, Washington.  At the time of her graduation from high school she was residing with her parents on North Christensen Road, Medical Lake/Spokane, Washington.  

On 2 July 1999, following graduation from college, the applicant relocated to Beach Boulevard in Jacksonville, Florida where she was employed as an instructor with the Jacksonville Marine Institute.  Her records indicate that her sister also resided in Jacksonville, Florida.

On 9 December 1999, while residing at the Jacksonville, Florida address the applicant enlisted in the Delayed Entry Program at the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) located in Jacksonville, Florida.  She was 23 years old at the time of her enlistment.  Her enlistment document indicated that it was her intention to enter active duty not later than 25 January 2000.

On 14 July 2000 the applicant finalized her active duty enlistment documents at the MEPS in Spokane, Washington.  At the time of her active duty enlistment she indicated that she was residing on North Christensen Road in Medical Lake/Spokane, Washington, the address of her parents.

On 18 September 2000 the applicant was honorably discharged from active duty by reason of physical disability and received severance pay.  Her separation was effected at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.  Her DD Form 214 shows that her HOR at the time of her enlistment was Jacksonville, Florida and that her mailing address following separation would be the Beach Boulevard address in Jacksonville, Florida where she was residing at the time of her initial enlistment in the Army.

Army Regulation 601-210 provides that the policies and procedures for the preparation of enlistment contracts.  It states, in pertinent part, that the HOR address entered on the enlistment contract will be the address declared by the applicant to be their permanent home or actual home at the time of enlistment.  A temporary address will not be entered.

The Joint Federal Travel Regulation (JFTR) provides, in pertinent part, that the HOR is the place recorded as the home of the individual at the time of enlistment or induction.  There is no authority to change the HOR as officially recorded at time of entry into the military service.  However, there is authority to correct a HOR if erroneously entered on the records at that time and then only for travel and transportation purposes.  It may not be a place selected for the convenience of the soldier.

DISCUSSION:  Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, it is concluded:

1.  In order to justify correction of a military record the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust.  The applicant has failed to submit evidence that would satisfy that requirement.

2.  While the applicant may have intended to return to Washington at some point that intention is not sufficient to conclude that an error occurred in the recording of her HOR at the time of her 1999 enlistment.  

3.  The evidence in available records tends to support a conclusion that the address she was residing at in Jacksonville, Florida at the time of her 1999 initial entry was not a “temporary” address.  She had relocated there almost immediately following completion of her college degree, was employed in Jacksonville, and listed the Jacksonville address as her address following her September 2000 separation from active duty.  The fact that she may have returned to her parent’s address in January 2000 to finalize her active duty enlistment is not evidence that the Jacksonville address was not her “permanent or actual home” at the time of her initial enlistment.

4.  In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.

DETERMINATION:  The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

___ra___  ___bjl__  ___wdp__  DENY APPLICATION

		    Carl W. S. Chun
		    Director, Army Board for Correction
    of Military Records

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000048247	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010308	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR .  .  .  .  .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	Deny	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.01	
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