RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2017-03600

	COUNSEL: NONE

	HEARING: NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

His DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be corrected as follows:

Item 7a (Place of Entry into Active Duty) be changed from Clark AFB, PI to Lackland AFB, Texas.
Item 7b (Home of Record at Time of Entry) be changed from Manilla, PI to Texas.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

He did not enter active duty until he arrived for basic military training at Lackland AFB, Texas from the Philippines.  He has been a resident of Texas since 2004 and has no intention of leaving.  The applicant’s complete submission, with attachment, is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant retired from the Regular Air Force in the grade of major (O-4) effective 1 September 2005.

According to the applicant’s DD Form 4, Enlistment - Reenlistment Document – Armed Forces of the United States, on 9 September 1983, he enlisted into the United States Air Force under the Delayed Enlistment Program.  He was discharged from the Delayed Enlistment Program on 19 September 1983, and immediately entered the Regular Air Force.  His DD Form 4 reflects Manilla, Philippines as his Home of Record and Clark AB, Philippines and his Place of Entry.

For more information, see the excerpt of the applicant’s record at Exhibit B and the advisory at Exhibit C.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DP2LT recommends denying the application.  The Joint Federal Travel Regulation, Volume I, Appendix A, states that the Home of Record and the Place of Entry into Active Duty remains the same as that recorded when commissioned, appointed enlisted or inducted or ordered into the tour of active duty unless there is a break in service of more than one full day.  There is no evidence the applicant had a break in service since his initial entry onto active duty.  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 2 January 2018 for comment (Exhibit D), but has received no response.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.  The application was not 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 not the victim of an error or injustice.  The Board concurs with the rationale and recommendation of AFPC/DP2LT and finds that a preponderance of the evidence does not substantiate the applicant’s contentions.  The Board also notes the applicant did not file the application within three years after the alleged error or injustice was discovered, or should have been discovered, as required by Title 10, United States Code, Section 1552, and Air Force Instruction 36-2603, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR).  While the applicant asserts a date of discovery less than three years before the Board’s receipt of the application, the Board does not find the assertion reasonable.  The Board finds the application untimely and concludes it would not be in the interest of justice to excuse the delay.  Therefore, the Board recommends against correcting the applicant’s records.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:

The applicant be informed the application was not timely filed; it would not be in the interest of justice to excuse the delay; and the application will only be reconsidered upon receipt of relevant evidence not already considered by the Board.

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-2017-03600 in Executive Session on 14 June 2018:

All members voted not to correct the record.  The panel considered the following:

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atch, dated 4 August 2017.
Exhibit B:	Documentary evidence, including relevant excerpts from official records.
Exhibit C:	Advisory opinion, AFPC/DP2LT, dated 6 November 2017.
Exhibit D:	Notification of Advisory, SAF/MRBC to applicant, dated 2 January 2018.

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