Docket No. 2919-20
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 9 April 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. 
 
The Board carefully considered your request to remove your 21 November 2017 Administrative Remarks (Page 11) 6105 counseling entry.  The Board considered your contention the Page 11 entry was in error because the last digit of the Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier (EDIPI) was handwritten on the Page 11 but concluded it was a clerical error that did not render the Page 11 invalid.  The Board also considered your contention you were unjustly counseled for not being in the correct uniform during the field day inspection because, according to the duty binder, the “CDO’s on duty will be in the UOD (MCCUU).”  However, the Board, noting you were counseled for blatantly disobeying an order to following the “inspection process as laid out for you,” concluded there was insufficient evidence of an error or injustice.  Lastly, the Board considered your contention you had been informed by “a few Senior Enlisted Marines and Field Grade Officers” that rebuttals were “only apologetic letters vice a clarification/explanation” so you chose not to submit a written rebuttal to the Page 11 counseling entry.  Based on the available evidence, the Board determined there was insufficient evidence of an error or injustice to warrant granting your requested relief.    
 
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,