Docket No. 2599-20
Ref: Signature Date


  
Dear 
 
This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to Section 1552 of Title 10, United States Code.  After careful and conscientious consideration of relevant portions of your naval record and your application, the Board for Correction of Naval Records (Board) found the evidence submitted insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice.  Consequently, your application has been denied.     
 
 A three-member panel of the Board, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 30 March 2021.  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 contained in Headquarters, United States Marine Corps memorandum 5420 MMEA of 30 March 2020; a copy of which was previously provided to you for comment. 
 
On 13 June 2016, you entered active duty for 4 years with an End of Current Contract (ECC) of 12 June 2020. 
 
On 3 July 2019, MARADMIN 380/19 was published.  This bulletin announces the SRB program and the BSSRB program authorized for FY20.  With the advent of several new SRB programs, Marines are encouraged to thoroughly review the contents of this bulletin.  First term Marines (Zone A) and career Marines (Zone B, C, D and E) who reenlist on or after 5 July 2019 are eligible for the FY20 SRB program.  This will include any regular component first term or career Marine with an End of Current Contract (ECC) from 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020. 
 
Marines in Zones A, B, and C who submit for a 48 month reenlistment between 5 July 2019 through 30 September 2019 with a PMOS that is listed in section(s) 3.m, 3.n, and 3.o, and are subsequently approved, will rate an 8,000 dollar Early Reenlistment Kicker in addition to the PMOS bonus amount listed in section(s) 3.m, 3.n, and 3.o.  After 30 September 2019, this Early Reenlistment Kicker will expire. 
 
On 2 October 2019, you signed a NAVMC 11537 (Reenlistment Extension Lateral Move (RELM) request for a 4 year reenlistment.  Your request was approved by cognizant authority on 20 December 2019.  On 4 February 2020, your 1st Term Active Duty Lateral Move was submitted, and HQMC approved your request on 6 February 2020.  On 12 February 2020, you reenlisted for 4 years and 5 months.  
 
You requested that you receive an $8,000 Early Reenlistment Kicker; the Board, in its review of your entire record and application, carefully weighed all potentially mitigating factors, to include your assertions.  However, the Board concluded that there is no evidence that you submitted your request between 3 July 2019 and 30 September 2019.  In this connection, the Board substantially concurred with the comments contained in the advisory opinion. 
 
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 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,