DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS
				       2 NAVY ANNEX
						  WASHINGTON DC

						CRS
						Docket No: 6932-06
										27 September 2006

This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to the provisions of title 10 of the United States Code, section 1552.

A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 27 September 2006. Your allegations of error and injustice were reviewed in accordance with administrative regulations and procedures applicable to the proceedings of this Board. Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of your application, together with all material submitted in support thereof, your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies. In addition, the Board considered the advisory opinion furnished by Headquarters Marine Corps dated 1 September 2006, a copy of which is attached.

After careful and conscientious consideration of the entire record, the Board found that the evidence submitted was insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice. In this connection the Board substantially concurred with the comments contained in the advisory opinion. Accordingly, your application has been denied. The names and votes of the members of the panel will be furnished upon request.

It is regretted that the circumstances of your case are such that favorable action cannot be taken. You are entitled to have the Board reconsider its decision upon submission of new and material evidence or other matter not previously considered by the Board. In this regard, it is important to keep in mind that a presumption of regularity attaches to all official records. Consequently, when applying for a correction of an official naval record, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

Sincerely

W.	DEAN PFEIFFER
Executive Director
Enclosure
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
3260 RUSSELL ROAD
						QUANTICO. VIRGINIA 221 34-5103

											MMER/RE
		AUG 01 2006

MEM0RANDUM FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS

Subj:	BCNR APPLICATION IN THE CASE OF FORMER
	 SUBJ RECODE

End:	(1) Reenlistment Document
		(2) DD Form 149 of 15 May 06

1.	service record has been reviewed and it has been determined that his reenlistment code of RE-3E was correctly assigned. The reenlistment code was assigned based on his overall record and means that he failed to meet the educational standards.

2. honorably discharged on October 16, 1998. It is noted that he reenlisted to lateral move into the Intelligence Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) and attend Intelligence school in which he disenrolled and requested to be administratively separated; therefore, an assignment of a reenlistment code of RE-3E was given. It should be noted that his reenlistment documentation clearly stated that if he did not complete the required schooling, he would be processed for an administrative separation; enclosures (1) and (2) pertain.

3.	After a review of all relevant information, this Headquarters concurs in the professional evaluation of qualifications for reenlistment at the time of separation. Once a code is correctly assigned it is not routinely changed or upgraded as a result of events that occur after separation or based merely on the passage of time.

4.	Enclosures (2) is returned for final action.

							Head, Performance Evaluation
							Review Branch
							Personnel Management
							of the Commandant of the Marine Corps