PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           2 October 2001                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001061986

	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. Margaret K. Patterson		Chairperson	
	Ms. Karol A. Kennedy		Member	
	Mr. Richard T. Dunbar		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 her enlistment contract be corrected to show she enlisted for 8 years and 00 weeks.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that her enlistment contract erroneously shows she enlisted in the U. S. Army Reserve (USAR) for 6 years and 00 weeks.

4.  The applicant’s Enlistment/Reenlistment Contract, DD Form 4/1, item 8 erroneously shows she enlisted in the USAR on 13 July 2001 for 6 years and    00 weeks.  Effective 1 June 1984, all personnel incur an 8-year statutory obligation on initial entry into the Armed Forces.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is an administrative error on the applicant’s DD Form 4/1.  By statute, she should have enlisted in the USAR on 13 July 2001 for 8 years and 00 weeks, not 6 years and 00 weeks.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant’s DD Form 4/1 dated 31 July 2001, item 8 be corrected to show she enlisted in the USAR for 8 years and 00 weeks.

BOARD VOTE:  

__mkp___  __kak___  __rtd___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Margaret K. Patterson
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001061986	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20011002	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.03	
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