PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            5 June 2003
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2003083612

	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. Deyon D. Battle		Analyst	

The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern		Member	
	Ms. Karen A. Heinz		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, reconsideration of his original request (AC95-07863) to have the 9V additional skills identifier (ASI) added to his Certificate of Release or Discharge (DD Form 214).  He also requests that his DD Form 214 be corrected to show that he completed the German Headstart Orientation Course and his entitlement to the Army Superior Unit Award and the Expert Badge w/Grenade Component Bar.

3.  The applicant states that completion of the Satellite Communications Terminal Operator (SATCOM) Course and qualification for participation in the personnel reliability program entitled an individual in military occupational specialty (MOS) 31C to be awarded an ASI of V9.  He states that in the Board’s original decision reference was made to the fact that there was no evidence that he was ever awarded a V9 ASI and that by October 1989, the V9 ASI was no longer in the Army’s inventory.  He states that the orders awarding him a V9 ASI in August 1989 must have been mistakenly removed or omitted from his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) as he did complete the SATCOM Terminal Operator/Maintainer Course and was awarded a 31C10V9 primary MOS before the removal of the V9 ASI from the Army’s inventory in October 1989.  He states that he held a V9 ASI until he was released from active duty on 18 January 1992. He states that individuals without the ASI V9 were restricted from operating or maintaining a Satellite Communications Terminal.  In support of his application, he submits a copy of orders dated 29 July 1989, awarding him the primary military occupational specialty (PMOS) of 31C10V900; a copy of reassignment orders dated 28 August 1989, showing his PMOS as 31C10V900; a personnel action (DA Form 4187) showing his PMOS as 31C10V900; a copy of reassignment orders dated 16 April 1991, showing that he was assigned in duty MOS 31C10V900; a copy of certificate showing that he completed the SATCOM Terminal Operator/Maintainer (AN/MSC-64) Course (201-ASIV9) (31C) on 7 August 1989; two certificates of award of the Army Achievement Medal; a copy of a certificate of training showing that he successfully completed German Headstart Orientation; a copy of his Hand Grenade Qualification Scorecard; a copy of a Correction of DD Form 214 (DD Form 215); and a copy of Board Proceedings dated 13 September 1995.

4.  The available military records show that on 19 January 1989, the applicant enlisted in the Army for 3 years.  He successfully completed basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and he was transferred to Fort Gordon, Georgia, where he successfully completed his advanced individual training (AIT). 

5.  The available records also show that prior to completion of his AIT, the applicant’s Hand Grenade Qualification Scorecard was completed and it shows that on 6 March 1989, he successfully completed the expert hand grenade training.

6.  According to the training certificates submitted by the applicant he completed the 13-week Single Channel Radio Operator Course on 26 June 1989 and was awarded a 31C10 MOS effective 3 July 1989.  He began the SATCOM Terminal Operator/Maintainer Course on 5 July 1989, and orders were published on 29 July 1989, awarding him a 31C10V900 PMOS effective 7 August 1989 (the day that he completed the SATCOM Terminal Operator Course).  Completion of the SATCOM Terminal Operator Course and qualification for participation in the personnel reliability program entitled an individual in MOS 31C to be awarded an ASI of V9.

7.  The applicant was furnished a Certificate of Training to certify that he attended the German Headstart Orientation (40 hours) from 11 September 1989 until 21 September 1989; however, the available records fail to show that the applicant is entitled to the Army Superior Unit Award.

8.  The applicant remained in PMOS 31C10V900 until he was honorably released from active duty and was transferred to the USAR on 18 January 1992. The DD Form 214 that he was furnished at the time of his discharge shows that he was awarded the Army Service Ribbon, the Army Lapel Button, the National Defense Service Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon (1), the Expert Badge with Rifle Component Bar, and the Army Achievement Medal.  The DD Form 214 also shows his PMOS as 31C10 Single Channel Radio Operator and that he completed a 13-week Single Channel Radio Course in July 1989.

9.  When the applicant initially applied to this Board he requested that his military records be corrected to reflect his second award of the Army Achievement Medal and that his DD Form 214 be corrected to reflect completion of the Single Channel Radio Operator Course in June 1989 versus July 1989.  He also requested that the SATCOM Terminal Operator/Maintainer Course be entered in the “Military Training” portion of his DD Form 214 and that a 9V ASI be reflected as part of his PMOS.

10.  On 13 September 1995, this Board approved the applicant’s request by directing that his DD Form 214 be corrected to reflect his completion of the Single Channel Radio Operator Course in June 1989 vice July 1989; by reflecting his 4-week SATCOM Terminal Operator/Maintainer course in August 1989; and by showing that he was awarded a second Army Achievement Medal.  This Board denied that portion his request pertaining to the inclusion of the V9 ASI on his DD Form 214.

11.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  It states, in pertinent part, that item number 11 (primary specialty) will reflect the primary and additional MOS’s an individual served in for a period of one year or more.  For each MOS the title with years and months served will be entered.  Specific duty positions held by an individual within a specific MOS are not reflected on the DD Form 214.

12.  Army Regulation 635-5 also provides that item number 14 (military education) will reflect formal in-service training courses successfully completed of at least one-week duration.  The month and year of completion are also recorded.

13.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards), in pertinent part, sets forth requirements for award of basic marksmanship qualification badge.  The qualification badge is awarded to indicate the degree in which an individual has qualified in a prescribed record course, and an appropriate bar is furnished to denote each weapon with which the individual has qualified.  The qualification badges are in three classes:  Expert, Sharpshooter, and Marksman.

14.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 also provides, in pertinent part, for award of the Army Superior Unit Award (ASUA).  It is awarded for outstanding meritorious performance of a difficult and challenging mission under extraordinary circumstances during peacetime.  The criteria for award also requires that the unit display such outstanding devotion and superior performance so as to set it apart and above other units with similar missions, defines peacetime as any period where wartime awards were not authorized in the geographic area in which the mission was executed, precludes award for purely humanitarian operations, and precludes award if the act has been recognized by another unit award.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record confirms that the applicant attended the German Headstart Orientation Course from 11 September 1989 through 21 September 1989.  He successfully completed that course and his DD Form 214 should be corrected to include this course and the dates that he attended the course as part of his military education.

2.  Additionally, the applicant has provided the Board with a copy of his Hand Grenade Qualification Scorecard to support his contention that he successfully completed expert hand grenade training, which entitles him to the appropriate badge.  

3.  Although the V9 ASI was subsequently deleted from the Army’s inventory, the applicant was awarded the V9 ASI on 29 July 1989 and it appears that he continued to be assigned in the V9 ASI and to perform the tasks related to that specific ASI until he was discharged on 18 January 1992.  Therefore, it would be appropriate to include the V9 ASI as part of his PMOS on his DD Form 214.

4.  There is no evidence in the available records nor has the applicant submitted any evidence that shows the he is entitled to Army Superior Unit Award.  Consequently, the Board has no other option except to deny this portion of his request.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected:

a.  by amending the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned to include the V9 ASI as part of his MOS;

b.  by showing that he completed a 1-week German Headstart Orientation course in September 1989; and

c.  by showing that he was awarded the Expert Badge w/Grenade Component Bar.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

___tbr___  ___kh___  __ao____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Arthur A. Omartian____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2003083612	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2003/06/05	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  189	110.0000	
2.  46	107.0000	
3.  154	107.0108	
4.  81	107.0035	
5.		
6.