RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2014-05101 COUNSEL: NONE HEARING DESIRED: NO APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: 1. Her mobilization travel orders be extended from 7 Oct 13 to 14 Oct 13. This extension should include all pay, benefits, and entitlements. 2. Her DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be changed to reflect the corrected mobilization end date. (Administratively resolved). APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: After being involuntarily mobilized for a deployment, delays in transportation returning home required an extension of her mobilization end date. A request to have her mobilization end date extended was submitted but the request was not processed in a timely manner. Efforts to resolve this issue, including an Exception to Policy and a Congressional inquiry, have been unsuccessful. As a result, resolution was recommended through a BCMR application. The applicant’s complete submission, with attachments, is at Exhibit A. STATEMENT OF FACTS: The applicant is currently serving as a member of the Air Force Reserve in the grade of major (O-4). According to documentation provided by the applicant, her name is listed on group special mission travel orders, in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, from Alabama, to Qatar, and return to Alabama, with a proceed date on/about 7 May 13, for a period of 130 days. On 18 Nov 14, the applicant was issued a DD Form 214 indicating that she entered active duty (AD) for this period on 30 Apr 13 and separated on 14 Oct 13, credited with five months and fifteen days of active service, including four months and two days of foreign service. In accordance with AFI 36-2619, Military Personnel Appropriation Manday Program, a military personnel appropriation (MPA) manday request typically includes man days to cover pre-deployment training, travel to/from the AOR, and estimated tour length (ETL)/time-in-theater. Her leave record reflects the applicant earned (tour start: 30 Apr 13, tour stop: 14 Oct 13) 14.5 days of leave. She used 13 days of leave, and sold 1.5 days of leave, resulting in 0 days of leave balance. Point Credit Accounting and Reporting System (PCARS) data on the applicant reveals she has conflicting duty during proposed order extension. The remaining relevant facts pertaining to this application are described in the memoranda prepared by the Air Force offices of primary responsibility (OPR), which are included at Exhibits C and D. AIR FORCE EVALUATION: AFRC/A1RR recommends granting relief, indicating there is evidence of an error or injustice. The applicant [and other similarly situated personnel] was mobilized and deployed in support of ongoing operations; unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond her control, the mobilization authority in which she was activated expired prior to her orders being extended. This situation occurred due to personnel not leaving the deployed location when originally scheduled. The majority of these delays were attributed to transportation delays. This left her in a hardship and unable to complete final travel vouchers or receive pay and allowances for the additional days warranted for this activation. It was through no fault of the applicant the request to extend her orders was not approved. Problems with extending orders had not been encountered until mid-to-late Aug, 13. Around that time, it was determined requests for mobilization extensions could not be processed on personnel whose Partial Mobilization (PM) authority would expire prior to the extension being approved. However, it takes a minimum of 3 weeks to process extension requests of 15 days or more and 10 days to process request less than 15 days. Based on this timeline, any extension request whose PM Message authority has/will expire, would have to be submitted as an Exception to Policy (ETP). They were not aware of this policy (the ETP), nor did they know what was required to submit a request for ETP. After much discussion, and a series of policy memorandums regarding the ETP procedures, it was determined a Board of Correction to Military Records (BCMR) review would be the best course of action [to correct her record]. It is recommended to change the applicant’s mobilization end date to 15 Oct 13 (OPR confirmed 15 Oct 13 end date is correct, and that the 14 Jul 15 advisory’s proposed 15 Oct 14 end date was a typo), and to award 14 days downtime and 14 days leave. It is not recommended to award any Post Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence (PDMRA) days. Additionally, recommend the DD Form 214 for the applicant be updated to reflect the proposed new end date once approved. A complete copy of the AFRC/A1R evaluation is at Exhibit C. SAF/MRM recommends granting relief, indicating there is evidence of an error or injustice warranting awarding leave time earned. SAF/MR granted an ETP allowing Air Reserve Component (ARC) members a Military Personnel Appropriation (MPA) tour to exercise the leave days they were unable to use due to a delay in return from the USAFCENT AOR. The affected members were required to provide justification and all appropriate documentation, to include a completed travel voucher, mobilization and CED orders so as to justify the number of leave days requested. The ETP was necessary because AFI 36- 2819 (advisory shows AFI 36-2618-a typo) para 3.3., does not allow additional tours or extensions for the purpose of creating leave. However, the ETP expired 30 MAR 14, which is several months prior to the extension request made by the applicant. Thus, their only avenue of redress is to request a correction through the BCMR.  The lost leave was through no fault of the applicant. A complete copy of the SAF/MRM evaluation is at Exhibit D. APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION: Copies of the Air Force evaluations were forwarded to the applicant on 7 Oct 15, for review and comment within 30 days (Exhibit F). As of this date, no response has been received by this office. THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT: 1.  The applicant has exhausted all remedies provided by existing law or regulations. 2.  The application was timely filed. 3.  Insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to demonstrate the existence of an error or injustice. While we note the OPRs recommend granting the requested relief, after a careful review of the applicant's contentions, documentation submitted in support of the request, and the available evidence of record, we are not convinced the applicant has provided sufficient evidence for us to conclude that she is the victim of an error or injustice. In that respect we note the applicant’s leave record reveals she earned (tour start: 30 Apr 13, tour stop: 14 Oct 13) 14.5 days of leave, and that she used 13 days of leave, and sold 1.5 days of leave, resulting in 0 days of leave balance. Additionally, her PCARS data revealed she has conflicting duty during the requested order extension. Therefore, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we find no basis to recommend granting the requested relief. THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT: The applicant be notified the evidence presented did not demonstrate the existence of material error or injustice; the application was denied without a personal appearance; and 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 AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2014-05101 in Executive Session on 27 Jan 16 and 25 May 16 under the provisions of AFI 36-2603: . The following documentary evidence pertaining to AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2014-05101 was considered: Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 7 Nov 14, w/atchs. Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records. Exhibit C.  Memorandum, AFRC/A1RR, dated 14 Jul 15. Exhibit D.  Memorandum, SAF/MRM, dated 22 Sep 15, w/atchs. Exhibit E.  Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 7 Oct 15. 1 2