BOARD DATE:	  27 June 2013

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20130009550 


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 his officially recorded home of record (HOR) be changed.

2.  The applicant states:

* the address shown as his HOR is incorrect
* when he enlisted he was living with his father who was an active duty Soldier stationed in AK
* his records show his HOR as an address on a military installation
* when he was filling out his information for the Army he used his address on the installation as his home address for his contract documents
* his HOR should be Rochester, NY where he was born

3.  The applicant provides no additional documentary evidence.  

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  Item 3 (HOR) of the applicant's enlistment contract shows an address in Fort Richardson, AK.   His DD Form 1966 (Record of Military Processing – Armed Forces of the United States) shows an address in Fort Richardson, Anchorage, AK in item 4 (HOR Address).  

2.  He enlisted in the Regular Army on 22 May 2008 for a period of 5 years and 17 weeks.

3.  Appropriate regulations provide that the HOR address entered on a contract will be the address declared by the applicant to be the permanent home or actual home at that time.  A temporary address will not be entered.

4.  The Joint Federal Travel Regulation (JFTR) states the HOR is the place recorded as the home of the individual at the time of enlistment or induction.  There is no authority to change the HOR as officially recorded at the time of entry into the military service.  However, there is authority to correct an HOR if erroneously entered on the records at that time and then only for travel and transportation purposes.  Correction of the HOR must be based on evidence that a bona fide error was made and the HOR as corrected must have been the actual home of the individual at the time of entry into the relevant period of service.  It may not be a place selected for the convenience of the Soldier.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

The JFTR provides that an HOR may only be corrected if a bona fide error can be established.  The applicant has provided insufficient evidence to show his permanent home was not with his father at Fort Richardson at the time he enlisted.  Therefore, there is an insufficient basis upon which to change his HOR.

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 the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.


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               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.
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