BOARD DATE:	  23 January 2014

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20130017669 


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 her records be corrected to show she entered active duty as a private first class (PFC), pay grade E-3.

2.  The applicant states her record should show her correct rank.

3.  The applicant provides copies of her:

* enlistment documents for the U.S. Army Reserve Delayed Entry Program and Regular Army (RA)
* educational certificates
* California license as a pharmacy technician
* DA Form 4187 (Personnel Action), dated 11 September 2012

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  On 10 September 2012, the applicant enlisted in the RA in pay grade E-1.

2.  On 11 September 2012, she was advanced to pay grade E-3 in accordance with Army Regulation 601-210 (Active and Reserve Components Enlistment Program), paragraph 2-18 a(8).  The date of rank and effective date is 
11 September 2012.

3.  Army Regulation 601-210 paragraph 2-18a(8) provides that an individual who has successfully completed 2 or more academic years at a certified post-secondary vocational-technical school and has received a certificate of training attesting to successful completion of the course may enlist as a PFC/E-3. 

4.  The documents submitted by the applicant in support of her request show she completed a qualifying vocational course as a pharmacy technician in February 2011 and was granted a California certificate as a Registered Pharmacy Technician on 31 March 2013.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

The applicant was fully qualified and should have been enlisted as a PFC/E-3.

BOARD VOTE:

_X____  __X_____  ___X_____  GRANT FULL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for relief.  As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by showing that, on 10 September 2012, she enlisted in the RA as a PFC/E-3 and that her date of rank and effective date is 10 September 2012. 



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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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