PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           11 July 2002
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2002071646

	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. Nancy L. Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Chairperson	
	Mr. John T.Meixell		Member	
	Mr. Harry B. Oberg		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 his enlistment contract be corrected to show he enlisted for 8 years and 00 weeks.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his enlistment contract erroneously shows he enlisted for 6 years and 00 weeks.

4.  The applicant enlisted in the U. S. Army Reserve on 9 February 2001.  His Enlistment/Reenlistment Document Armed Forces of the United States, DD Form 4/1, item 8 erroneously shows he enlisted 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 law,      he incurred an 8-year obligation upon enlisting in the U. S. Army Reserve on       9 February 2001 and so item 8 should have reflected that he enlisted for 8, 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 9 February 2001, item 8 be corrected to show he enlisted for 8 years and 00 weeks.

BOARD VOTE:  

__TSK__  __JTM__  __HBO___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____Ted S. Kanamine___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002071646	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2002/07/11	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.03	
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