IN THE CASE OF:  

		BOARD DATE:  29 October 2020

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20200001247


APPLICANT REQUESTS:  correction of her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or 
Discharge from Active Duty) dated 18 June 2009 to reflect:  

*	Service characterized as honorable
*	the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (ARCAM) 

APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD:

*	DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record)
*	DA Form 5016 (Chronological Statement of Retirement Points)
*	Soldier Record Brief
*	Memorandum for Record - Award of the ARCAM

FACTS:

1.  The applicant’s request for correction of her DD Form 214 to show her service 
characterized as honorable will be addressed administratively.  The Board will consider 
the applicant’s request to correct her DD Form 214 to reflect her ARCAM.

2.  The applicant states the discrepancy in her DD Form 214 may be the result of 
human error as she served honorably during that period.  She has also earned an 
ARCAM during her service in the military.

3.  A review of the applicant’s available service records reflects the following: 

   a.	On 24 January 2009 she enlisted in the United States Army Reserve (USAR).
   
   b.	On 4 February 2009 she entered upon active duty for completion of Basic 
Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT).
   
   c.	On 18 June 2009 she was released from active duty.
   
   d.	On 14 August 2016 she was awarded the ARCAM in recognition of 3 years of 
qualifying service within the USAR from 25 January 2013 through 24 January 2016.  
   e.	On 2 January 2020, she was honorably discharged from the USAR.

4.  The applicant provides the following: 

   a.	DA Form 5016 (Chronological Statement of Retirement Points) reflective of         
8 years of qualifying service within the USAR.  This document also reflects credit for 
163 days of active duty service. 
   
   b.	Soldier Record Brief reflective of 1 ARCAM within Section IX (Awards and 
Decorations).
   
5.  See applicable regulatory guidance below under REFERENCES.  


BOARD DISCUSSION:

1.  After reviewing the application and all supporting documents, the Board found partial 
relief is warranted.

2.  The Board concurred with the correction described in Administrative Note(s) below.

3.  When the applicant was released from active duty on 18 June 2009, she had not yet 
been awarded the ARCAM.  The regulation governing preparation of the DD Form 214 
does not provide for adding awards to the form when those awards were earned outside 
the period covered by the form.  The Board determined the absence of the ARCAM on 
her DD Form 214 is not an error or unjust.  


BOARD VOTE:

Mbr 1	Mbr 2	Mbr 3

:	:	:	GRANT FULL RELIEF

:X	:X	:X	GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF

:	:	:	GRANT FORMAL HEARING

:	:	:	DENY APPLICATION




BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

1.  The Board determined the evidence presented is sufficient to warrant a 
recommendation for partial relief.  As a result, the Board recommends that all 
Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by making the 
correction described in Administrative Note(s) below.

2.  The Board further determined the evidence presented is insufficient to warrant a 
portion of the requested relief.  As a result, the Board recommends denial of so much of 
the application that pertains to the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal.

		  
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.


ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE(S):

1.  Reference the enclosed request for correction of military records from the subject 
individual to correct the following item of the applicant's DD Form 214 dated 18 June 
2009 to reflect service characterized as honorable.   
 
2.  The following documents are sufficient to justify correction of the DD Form 214 
without action by the Board.

*	DD Form 214
*	AR 635-200 (Personnel Separations – Active Duty Enlisted Administrative 
Separations) 

3.  Amend the applicant’s DD Form 214 to show the correction in paragraph 1, provide 
the applicant a copy of the correction, and record the correction in the applicant’s official 
military personnel record.




REFERENCES:

1.	Army Regulation 635-5 (Personnel Separations) provides the policies and 
procedures regarding the preparation of separation documents.  Paragraph 2-1 
provides that the DD Form 214 is a summary of a Soldier’s most recent period of 
continuous active duty.  It provides a brief, clearcut record of active duty service at the 
time of release from active duty, retirement, or discharge.  

2.	Army Regulation 635-200 (Personnel Separations – Active Duty Enlisted 
Administrative Separations), effective 19 January 2004, set forth the basic authority for 
the separation of enlisted personnel.  Chapter 3 describes the different 
characterizations of service.  Paragraph 3-9a (Entry-level-status separation) provides 
that a separation will be described as entry-level, with service uncharacterized, if 
processing is initiated while a Soldier is in entry-level status, except when the Soldier 
has less than 181 days of continuous active military service, has completed Initial Entry 
Training, has been awarded an MOS, and has reported for duty at a follow-on unit of 
assignment.

//NOTHING FOLLOWS//

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