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 relevant portions of your naval record and your application, 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, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 16 February 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 1070 MMRP-13/BCNR of 27 April 2020; a copy of which was previously provided to you for comment. 
 
On 8 February 1994, you recorded the state of   as Home of Record (HOR) at the time of entry into active services enlisted reserve.  
 
On 26 August 1994, you were released from active duty at the conclusion of training. 
 
On 27 December 1996, you again recorded  as Home of Record at the time of reentry into active duty as a commissioned officer. 
 
On 1 February 2019, you indicated discovery of potential injustice (claiming that due to lack of knowledge you used the address while attending college and not your home of record) 
 
You requested relief in the adjustment of record to reflect accurate Home of Record (HOR); 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 in accordance with the Joint Federal Travel Regulations Appendix A, the HOR is the place recorded as the individual’s home when commissioned, appointed, enlisted, inducted, or ordered into a tour of active duty unless there is a break in service of more than one full day. Only a break in service exceeding one full day may allow members to change the HOR, and only if a bona fide error exists. A bona fide error exists when the place originally named at the time of current entry into Service was not in fact the actual home. Any such correction must be fully justified and as corrected, must be the member’s actual home upon entering Service and not a difference place selected for the member’s convenience.  In your case, we found no additional supporting evidence to support the argument. Your official record shows the HOR address in the State of  on both your enlistment and comissioning documents.  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, 
3/7/2021