IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 18 April 2017 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20150017786 BOARD VOTE: _________ _______ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ___x____ ___x____ ___x____ DENY APPLICATION 2 Enclosures 1. Board Determination/Recommendation 2. Evidence and Consideration IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 18 April 2017 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20150017786 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. ___________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. IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 18 April 2017 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20150017786 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 correction of item 14 (Military Education) of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show he completed 123 credit hours in Criminal Investigation. 2. The applicant states: a. He earned 123 credit hours in Criminal Investigation from April to May 1983 from The Army Institute for Professional Development (IPD), U.S. Army Training Support Center, Newport News, VA. He knows he has been out of the Army for a long time but he never noticed this omission until recently when he was filing paperwork related to a previous case. b. The Army failed him at the time of his honorable separation by giving him an inaccurate and incomplete DD Form 214. In the interest of justice, he prays that the Board brings peace and finality to his proud veteran's heart by granting this correction of his DD Form 214. 3. The applicant provides his DD Form 214 and three correspondence subcourse completion notices. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicant's failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so. While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant's failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing. 2. The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 19 June 1980. He completed basic combat training and was assigned for advanced individual training to Fort McClellan, AL. He attended and satisfactorily completed the 14-week Law Enforcement course and was awarded military occupational specialty 95B (Military Police (MP)). 3. On 10 February 1982, he was assigned to the 615th MP Company, Germany. He attended and successfully completed the 1-week German Headstart course given at the Darby Education Center, Germany. 4. The applicant provides three correspondence subcourse completion notices, dated between 5 April and 5 May 1983, issued by The Army IPD, showing the subcourses he completed and the credit hours earned as follows: * MP and the Law: 27 credit hours * Criminal Investigation - Administration and Special Operation Procedures: 20 credit hours * Criminal Investigation Methods II: 29 credit hours * Criminalistics: 23 credit hours * Criminal Investigation Methods III: 24 credit hours 5. He was honorably released from active duty on 10 June 1983 and he was transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve. Item 14 of his DD Form 214 contains the entries "Law Enforcement, 14 weeks" and "German Headstart, 1 week." REFERENCE: Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents) then in effect prescribed the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army. The regulation stated for item 14, list the formal in-service (full-time attendance) training courses successfully completed during the period covered by the DD Form 214. There were no provisions to add correspondence or computer courses completed on the DD Form 214. DISCUSSION: The governing regulation provides that only formal in-service, full-time attendance, training courses are listed on the DD Form 214; there are no provisions to list correspondence courses. The applicant's DD Form 214 correctly shows only the two full-time training courses he successfully completed during his active duty service. There is no error or injustice. //NOTHING FOLLOWS// ABCMR Record of Proceedings AR20150000953 Enclosure 1 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20150017786 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20150017786 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 2