RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS. IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2014-05105 COUNSEL: NONE HEARING DESIRED: NO APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: 1. His mobilization travel orders be extended from 5 Feb 14 to 19 Feb 14. This extension should include all pay, benefits, and entitlements. 2. His DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be changed to reflect the corrected mobilization end date. APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: Delays in returning from a deployment required an extension of his mobilization end date. Along with others, he was erroneously overlooked in the processing of an extension. When the request to have his mobilization end date extended was submitted, the request was identified as being in violation of policy, according to AFRC. 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 senior master sergeant (E-8). According to documentation provided by the applicant, his name is listed on group special mission travel orders, in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, from Florida, to Djibouti, and return to Florida, with a proceed date on/about 5 Sep 13, for a period of 144 days. On 3 Nov 14, the applicant was issued a DD Form 215, Correction to DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, correcting his DD Form 214 with a separation date of 4 Apr 14 to reflect: the date entered active duty this period as 24 Jul 13 versus 5 Aug 13; net active service this period of eight months and eleven days; total prior active service of five years, eleven months; total prior inactive service of nine years, eleven months, and two days; and an initial training date of 22 Sep 97. In accordance with AFI 36-2619, Military Personnel Appropriation Manday Program, a military personnel appropriation (MPA) manday request typically includes mandays to cover pre-deployment training, travel to/from the AOR, and estimated tour length (ETL)/time-in-theater. According documentation provided by the applicant, his travel voucher reveals he returned from the AOR arriving on station on 22 Jan 14, and remained on duty through 4 Feb 14. The applicant’s leave record (tour start: 24 Jul 13, tour stop: 4 Feb 14) reflects he earned and sold 16.5 days of leave. 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 his control, the mobilization authority in which he was activated expired prior to his 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 him 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 his orders was not approved. Problems with extending orders had not been encountered until mid-to-late August 2013. 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 his record]. It is recommended to change the applicant’s mobilization end date to 20 Feb 14 and to award 14 days downtime and 14 days leave. It is not recommended to award any Post Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence (PDMRA) days. The applicant’s DD Form 214 should also be corrected to reflect the new mobilization end date. A complete copy of the AFRC/AIRR 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- 2619 (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, his 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 E). 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 he is the victim of an error or injustice. In that respect we note the applicant’s leave record reveals he earned (tour start: 24 Jul 13, tour stop: 4 Feb 14) 16.5 days of leave. The record indicates he remained in a duty status for 14 days after returning from his deployment and sold the 16.5 days of leave earned during this mobilization, resulting in a leave balance of 0 days. Extending his orders to take leave already sold would be a windfall to the applicant. Regarding the requested relief correcting his DD Form 214 mobilization end date, the DD Form 215, issued on 3 Nov 14 appears to have been corrected to accurately reflect the applicant’s record of service covering the time period of the matter in question. 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-2014-05105 in Executive Session on 27 Jan 16 under the provisions of AFI 36-2603: The following documentary evidence pertaining to AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2014-05105 was considered: Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 14 Sep 14, w/atchs. Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records. Exhibit C.  Memorandum, AFRC/A1RR, dated 14 Jul 15. Exhibit D.  Memorandum, SAF, dated 22 Sep 15. Exhibit E.  Letter, AFBCMR, dated 7 Oct 15.