DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
		BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS
	I	WASHINGTON DC 2O37O~5 100 

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Docket No. 7120-07
12 December 2008

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 4 December 2007. 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.

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.

You enlisted in the Navy on 22 October 2002 for four years and were released from active duty on 21 October 2006. At that time, you were not recommended for reenlistment and were assigned an RE-4 reenlistment code.

Shortly before your release from active duty, you filed a complaint of wrongs because your commanding officer denied your request for reenlistment and did not recommend you for reenlistment. On 27 October 2007, the Commander, Submarine Group 10 (COMSUBGRU 10) responded to your complaint of wrongs concluding that you were not discriminated against by your commanding officer. However, he determined that since there had been no adjudication of the allegations of misconduct that the reenlistment code should be changed from RE—4 to RE—l. Concerning your allegation that the commanding officer improperly withheld your advancement to E-5, COMSUBGRU 10 concluded that your commanding officer had the authority to withhold your advancement and that you were pending administrative action through the last date of your enlistment. It was noted, that he completed his general courts-martial authority review of your administrative processing on 17 October 2006 and returned the case to the commanding officer for further administrative processing. He concluded that you were subject to mandatory administrative processing through the final day of your enlistment and that therefore, the withholding of your advancement was justified. He further concluded that your separation code should be changed to show that your discharge was involuntary.

In your application to the Board, you are requesting that the Board direct your advancement to E-5. However, the Board agreed with the rationale and conclusion of COMSUBGRU 10 that there was a proper basis for withholding your advancement.

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