PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           19 JULY 2001                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001057422

	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. Kenneth H. Aucock		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Mark D. Manning		Chairperson	
	Mr. Lester Echols		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 that the award of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge (OSD Badge) be reflected on her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty).  

3.  The applicant states that this award was inadvertently overlooked when her DD Form 214 was prepared.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she entered on active duty on       19 May 1993.  Her NCO evaluation reports show that she was a video editor for the DoD Joint Combat Camera Center from February 1998 through               January 2001.  On 20 February 1999 she received a certification authorizing her to wear the OSD Badge.  

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 prescribes Army policy, criteria, and administrative instructions concerning individual military awards.  Paragraph 8-34 states that the OSD provides a distinct identification of military staff members while assigned and, after reassignment, to indicate that the service member satisfactorily served on the Secretary of Defense’s staff.  The prescribing directive for this badge is DoD 1348.33-M. 

6.  DoD 1348.33-M states in pertinent part, that on completion of 1 year of duty with any of the specified DoD organizational elements, a service member shall be entitled to permanent possession of the OSD Badge.  A certificate of eligibility shall be prepared and shall constitute the authority for purchase of permanent issue of the OSD Badge.   

7.  The applicant was discharged on 18 March 2001.  Her DD Form 214 does not show award of the OSD Badge .

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the OSD Badge.  It should be reflected on her   DD Form 214.

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 showing that she was awarded the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge.

BOARD VOTE:  

__MDM__  __LE ___  __GJW__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____Mark D. Manning___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001057422	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010719	
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.	107.00	
2.	46	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.