RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2017-05344

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	COUNSEL: NONE

	HEARING: NO

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) be added to her DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty.

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

Her participation in OEF and OIF needs to be on her DD Form 214.  She has temporary duty orders that indicate her deployments.  The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant served in the Air Force from 16 February 2000 to 15 February 2004.  For more information, see the excerpt of the applicant’s record at Exhibit B and the advisories at Exhibits C and E.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DP3AM recommends denying the application.  There is no documentation to substantiate foreign service time in OEF or OIF.  The complete advisory is at Exhibit C.

AFPC/DP2STM recommends denying the application.  AFI 36-3202, Separation Documents, dated 22 May 1994, Table 4, lists authorized entries on the DD Form 214.  It does not authorize operation names.  The complete advisory is at Exhibit E.

APPLICANT’S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATIONS:

On 14 and 24 August 2018, the Board sent both Air Force evaluations to the applicant for comment (Exhibit F), but has received no response.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.  The application was not timely filed.

2.  The applicant exhausted 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/DP3AM and AFPC/DP2STM 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, 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-2017-05344 in Executive Session on 4 October 2018:

, Panel Chair
, Panel Member
, Panel Member

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

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 6 December 2017.
Exhibit B:	Documentary evidence, including relevant excerpts from official records.
Exhibit C:	Advisory opinion, AFPC/DP3AM, dated 9 August 2018.
Exhibit D:	Notification of Advisory, SAF/MRBC to applicant, dated 14 August 2018.
Exhibit E:	Advisory opinion, AFPC/DP2STM, dated 14 August 2018.
Exhibit F:	Notification of Advisory, SAF/MRBC to applicant, dated 24 August 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.