DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS 
701 S. COURTHOUSE ROAD, SUITE 1001 

ARLINGTON, VA 22204-2490 


Docket No. 5429-18 



Dear 
This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to Title 10, 
United States Code, Section 1552. After careful and conscientious consideration of the entire 
record, the Board for Correction of Naval Records (Board) found the evidence submitted was 
insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice. Consequently, your 
application has been denied. 

A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, 
considered your application on 7 June 2019. The names and votes of the members of the panel 
will be furnished upon request. 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, relevant portions of your naval record and 
applicable statutes, regulations and policies. In addition, the Board considered the advisory 
opinion (AO) by Bureau of Personnel (BUPERS), memorandum 1160 Ser 8328/141 dated 
8 September 2018. 

You requested receive entitlement to the Selective Training and Reenlistment (STAR) program 
since you were not authorized to receive entitlement to an Obligated Service-to-Train (OIT) 
extension/reenlistment. The Board carefully reviewed your application, weighed all potentially 
mitigating factors, and considered your contentions that upon receipt of orders you were told you 
had to reenlist to meet obligated service for the orders and the reenlistment was a regular 
reenlistment and not an OTI reenlistment which would have allowed you to be eligible for 
STAR upon picking up rank on the September exam. 

The Board concluded that your inability to receive ST AR was justified at the time of 
reenlistment on 23 March 2018. The provision of the ST AR program entitles eligible members 
who are in the paygrade ofE-4 to execute a second enlistment [minimum 5 years] and obtain an 
approved rate/NEC listed on the Current Career School Listing. Although you were an E-4 at 
the time of reenlistment on 23 March 2018, you executed a third enlistment and your gaining 
rate/NEC was not listed on the Current Career School Listing during the period of eligibility. 
Thus, you were deemed not eligible to the STAR program. In this connection, the Board 
substantially concurred with the comments contained in the AO. 

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 matters, 
which will require you to complete and submit a new DD Form 149. New matters are those not 
previously presented to or considered by the Board. In this regard, it is important to keep in 
mind that a presumption ofregularity 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.