RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2017-00341

	COUNSEL: NONE

	HEARING: YES

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

She be given credit for her Inactive Status List Reserve Section (ISLRS) service time and adjust her Mandatory Separation Date (MSD) to allow her to complete 20 years of satisfactory years of service for retirement purposes.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

She did not realize that her ISLRS time counted towards her Total Federal Commissioned Service.  Once she was promoted to the grade of lieutenant colonel, her MSD was established as 1 Jul 17.  This limits her options to continue to serve, attend schools, and complete a minimum of 20 years for retirement.  The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant is a former member of the Air Force Reserve (AFR).  According to Reserve Order CB-165, dated 29 Sep 17, she was discharged effective 1 Jul 17 in the grade of lieutenant colonel.  For more information, see the excerpt of the applicant’s record at Exhibit B and the advisory at Exhibit C.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

ARPC/DPTT recommends granting the application by extending her MSD to 1 Apr 21.  The applicant’s MSD was 1 July 2017. She was assigned to ISLRS on 13 June 1999.  Per AFI 36-2115, Assignments within the Reserve Component, Reserve officers generally remain assigned to ISLRS for three years after which time they should be screened for discharge.  However, this action did not occur and she remained in ISLRS for an additional 3 years 8 months and 15 days.   The complete advisory is at Exhibit C.

APPLICANT’S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The Board sent a copy of the Air Force evaluation to the applicant on 21 Jan 18 for comment (Exhibit D), but has received no response.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.  The application was timely filed.

2.  The applicant exhausted all available avenues of non-judicial relief before applying to the Board.

3.  After thoroughly reviewing all Exhibits, it is the Board’s opinion that the applicant is the victim of an error and injustice.  The Board concurs with the rationale and recommendation of ARPC/DPTT and finds that a preponderance of the evidence substantiates the applicant’s contentions.   Therefore, the Board recommends the applicant’s records be corrected as indicated below.

4.  The applicant’s case is adequately documented and it has not been shown that a personal appearance with or without counsel will materially add to the Board’s understanding of the issue involved.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating to the APPLICANT be corrected to show that show that competent authority extended his Mandatory Separation Date (MSD) from 1 Jul 17 to 1 April 2021.

The application was adjudicated without a personal appearance.

CERTIFICATION:

The following quorum of the Board, as defined in Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2603, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR), paragraph 1.5, considered Docket Number BC-2017-00341 in Executive Session on 15 Aug 18:

	, Panel Chair
	, Member
	, Member

All members voted to correct the record.  The panel considered the following:

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 11 Jan 17.
Exhibit B:	Documentary evidence, including relevant excerpts from official records.
Exhibit C:	Advisory opinion, ARPC/DPTT, dated 12 Dec 17.
Exhibit D:	Notification of Advisory, SAF/MRBC to applicant, dated 21 Jan 18.

Taken together with all Exhibits, this document constitutes the true and complete Record of Proceedings required by AFI 36-2603, paragraph 4.11.9.