IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 23 May 2013 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20130006945 THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE: 1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any). 2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any). THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests, in effect, that his home of record (HOR) be changed to Irving, TX. 2. The applicant states: * he will be separating from the military on 15 August 2013 and he will be moving his family to Irving, TX * his Army Reserve service HOR was TX 3. The applicant provides a copy of his driver license. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1.  The applicant's complete Army Military Human Resource Record, formerly known as the official military personnel file, is not available for review. 2. On 11 September 2006, the applicant enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) Delayed Entry Program (DEP). He was discharged from the DEP and enlisted in the USAR on 26 October 2006. The available records do not show the HOR that he used when he enlisted in the USAR. 3. Orders Number C-10-634147, issued by the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, St. Louis, MO, dated 27 October 2006, releasing him from the USAR DEP show he resided at a Houston, TX address. 4. Orders 10-104-00004, issued by Headquarters, 63d Regional Support Command, Moffett Field, CA, dated 14 April 2010, show he resided at an Irving, TX address. 5. On 6 October 2010, the applicant was discharged from the USAR and enlisted in the Regular Army for a period of 3 years and 2 weeks on 7 October 2010. His DD Form 4 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document - Armed Forces of the United States), dated 7 October 2010, commonly referred to as the enlistment contract, shows an HOR address in Aldan, PA. 6. The applicant's DD Forms 1966/1 through 1966/5 (Record of Military Processing-Armed Forces of United States) completed during his 2010 enlistment processing show in: * Item 3 (Current Address), an address in Aldan, PA * Item 4 (HOR Address), the same address used in Item 3 7. The applicant provides a copy of his driver license which was issued by the State of TX on 27 May 2009 and he has an expiration date of 3 February 2016. 8. Army Regulation 601-210 (Active and Reserve Components Enlistment Program) provides the policies and procedures for the preparation of enlistment contracts. It states, in pertinent part, that the HOR address entered on the enlistment contract will be the address declared by the individual to be their permanent home or actual home at the time of enlistment. A temporary address will not be entered. 9. Army Regulation 601-280 (Army Retention Program), Table 11, states the place recorded as the HOR of the individual when reinstated, reappointed, or reenlisted remains the same as that recorded when commissioned, appointed, enlisted, or inducted into the relevant tour of active duty unless there is a break in service of more than one full day. Only if a break in service exceeds one full day can the HOR be changed by the member. 10. The Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR), Appendix A, Part I (Definitions), defines HOR for uniformed service members as the place recorded as the individual’s home when commissioned, appointed, enlisted, inducted, or ordered into a tour of active duty. It states the place recorded as the individual’s home when reinstated, reappointed, or reenlisted remains the same as that recorded when commissioned, appointed, enlisted or inducted or ordered into the tour of active duty unless there is a break in service of more than one full day. Only if a break in service exceeds one full day the member may change the HOR. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. The applicant's contention that his HOR should be changed to Irving, TX was carefully considered. 2. The HOR is the place recorded as the home of the individual at the time of enlistment or induction, and there is no authority to change the HOR officially recorded at the time of entry into active duty. Any correction to the HOR must be based on evidence that a bona fide error was made. 3. The evidence of record contains enlistment contracts authenticated by the applicant at the time of his enlistment in the Regular Army in 2010 showing his HOR as an address in Aldan, PA. The available records do not show a break in service of more than one full day subsequent to his entry into active duty or an error in the HOR recorded when he enlisted in the Regular Army. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ____x___ ____x___ ____x ___ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned. _______ _ _x______ ___ CHAIRPERSON I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case. ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20130006945 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20130006945 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1