RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2011-01428 COUNSEL: NONE HEARING DESIRED: NO ________________________________________________________________ APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: His NGB Form 22, National Guard Bureau Report of Separation and Record of Service be corrected as follows: 1. Item 10a - Net Service This Period reflect approximately one year of part time service. 2. Character of Service be changed from General Under Honorable Conditions to Honorable. ________________________________________________________________ APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: He was never full time active duty with the National Guard. His status was part time and he only attended for one year. This error adds over 1000 retirement points to his records. It will cause him to be overpaid when he starts drawing retirement pay. He discovered this error after becoming a unit administrator for the Army Reserve and learning to understand the NGB Form 22 better. Regarding the characterization of service; he is currently serving in the Army Reserve and feels that an upgrade to an honorable discharge is merited as he has completed almost three years of his current enlistment and is correcting the mistakes he made when he was younger. In support of his request, the applicant submits his NGB Form 22 and Department of the Army (DA) Form 200, Transmittal Record. The applicant’s complete submission, with attachments, is at exhibit A. _________________ ______________________________________________ STATEMENT OF FACTS: The applicant enlisted in the Air National Guard on 1 December 1992. On 2 December 1995, via certified letter, the commander notified the applicant that she was recommending him for discharge under the provisions of Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-3209, Separation and Retirement Procedures for Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Members based upon 112 periods of unexcused absences. The applicant failed to acknowledge receipt of the commander’s intent to discharge him. Subsequent to the file being found legally sufficient the discharge authority approved the recommendation and directed that the applicant be involuntarily discharged for unsatisfactory participation. The applicant was discharged effective 23 February 1996 and was credited with a net service of 3 years, 2 months, and 23 days. _______________________________________________________________ AIR FORCE EVALUATION: NGB/A1POE recommends denial. A1POE states the service time in item 10a of the NGB Form 22 is correct. The time merely reflects the period of his last enlistment without regard to whether or not it was served satisfactorily. He will only receive service credit, for pay, for the periods of satisfactory participation. The NGB Form 22 was completed correctly. A1POE does not support the request to change the character of service to honorable. The characterization he received was appropriate based on the reason for separation. There is insufficient justification to support a change of his service characterization to “honorable.” The complete NGB/A1POE evaluation is at exhibit C. NGB/A1PS recommends denial and concurs with NGB/A1POE. The complete NGB/A1PS evaluation is at exhibit D ________________________________________________________________ APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION: Copies of the Air Force evaluations were forwarded to the member on 24 June 2011 for review and comment within 30 days. As of this date, this office has not received a response ________________________________________________________________ THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT: 1. The applicant has exhausted all remedies provided by existing law or regulations. 2. The application was not timely filed; however, it is in the interest of justice to excuse the failure to timely file. 3. Insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of error or injustice. We took notice of the applicant's complete submission in judging the merits of the case; however, we agree with the opinion and recommendation of the Air Force offices of primary responsibility and adopt their rationale as the basis for our conclusion that the applicant has not been the victim of an error or injustice. Therefore, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we find no basis to recommend granting the relief sought in this application. ________________________________________________________________ _ THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT: The applicant be notified that the evidence presented did not demonstrate the existence of material error or injustice; that the application was denied without a personal appearance; and that the application will only be reconsidered upon the submission of newly discovered relevant evidence not considered with this application. ________________________________________________________________ _ The following members of the Board considered this application BC-2011-01428 in Executive Session on 14 February 2012, under the provisions of AFI 36-2603: The following documentary evidence was considered: Exhibit A. DD Form 149, dated 12 April 2011, w/atchs. Exhibit B. Applicant's Master Personnel Records. Exhibit C. Letter, NGB/A1POE, dated 3 June 2011. Exhibit D. Letter, NGB/A1PS, dated 3 June 2011. Exhibit E. Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 24 June 2011.