PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:           9 August 2001                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000050974

	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. Carolyn G. Wade		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Chairperson	
	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Member	
	Ms. Gail J. Wire		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 “ACDUTRA” (active duty for training) be deleted from his DD Form 214, Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge, and replaced with “ACDU” (active duty).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 is in error because it does not reflect that he was ordered to active duty.  He states that he was told by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) that the annotations “ACDUTRA” mean summer camp [training] and “ACDU” means active duty service.  He also indicates that the VA qualified him for VA benefits, but he wants the corrections made to his DD Form 214.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 7 February 1971 in the Tennessee Army National Guard (TNARNG) and, on 2 November 1971, he was conditionally released from the TNARNG to join the Pennsylvania Army National Guard (PAARNG).  At the time of release, he had attained the rank of private/E-2 and had completed 8 months and 27 days of inactive service.

5.  On 15 March 1972, The Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Military Affairs, ordered the applicant to active duty for training (ADT) for a period of 27 weeks or upon completion of military occupational specialty (MOS) training, but not less than 4 months.  

6.  On 4 August 1972, the applicant was honorably released from ADT and returned to the PAARNG after completing 4 months and 2 days.

7.  Army Regulation (AR) 635-200, in effect at the time, set forth the basic authority for the separation of enlisted personnel.  Paragraph 5-17 of the regulation provided, in pertinent part, for the release of Reserve Component personnel ordered to ADT under the Reserve Enlistment Program.  Commanders of training installations were authorized to release Reserve Component personnel ordered to ADT under the Reserve Enlistment Program of 1963 upon completion of MOS training when training is completed prior to the period of time specified in the ADT orders provided a minimum period of 4 months’ ADT had been completed.  Authority (AR 635-200) and separation program number (SPN) code (764) were included in orders issued effecting early release from ADT.

8.  Army Regulation 635-5, then in effect, shows that the acronym "ADT" referred to all periods of training performed by a member of a Reserve Component, as well as full-time training or other full-time duty performed by a member of the Army National Guard.  Paragraph 2-27(b), shows that if an enlisted person was ordered to ADT, “Other” was annotated in item 17a of DD Form 214, to show that his source of entry was not by enlistment.  Item 17a should also contain the statement “Ordered to ADT.  Paragraph 2-50 indicates that for ADT personnel Item 30 (Remarks) of the DD Form 214, should show the number of months ADT by an entry in capital letters typed or stamped as follows:  “4 MONTHS ADT.”
CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant's DD Form 214 contains the acronym ACDUTRA.  The acronym stands for "Active Duty for Training" and not "summer camp [training]" as the applicant stated.

2.  The applicant believes that his DD Form 214 contains an incorrect acronym (ACDUTRA) and wants the form corrected; he is apparently confused over the meaning of ACDUTRA which he believes means "summer camp training."

3.  In accordance with pertinent regulations in effect at the time of the applicant's separation, the appropriate acronym to represent "Active Duty for Training" on DD Form 214 was “ADT”.  This acronym, not ACDUTRA, should have been entered on the applicant's DD Form 214.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by issuing to the individual concerned a DD Form 215 (Correction to DD Form 214) showing:

	a.  that the entry “ACDUTRA” was deleted from Item 11c and Item 30 and replaced with the entry “ADT;” and 

	b.  that the entry ”ORD TO ACDU” was deleted from Item 17a and replaced with the appropriate entry “ORDERED TO ADT.”

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__INW___  __FNE__  __GJW__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		 Irene N. Wheelwright__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000050974	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20010809	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19720804	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200, c5-17	
DISCHARGE REASON	Released from ADT REP 63	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	110.0000	
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