RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:                                    DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2021-02283

XXXXXXXXXX                                               COUNSEL: NONE
	
	                                                                 HEARING REQUESTED: NOT INDICATED

APPLICANT’S REQUEST

His home of record (HOR) be changed from XXXX to XXXX.

APPLICANT’S CONTENTIONS

His Extended Active Duty (EAD) Order lists XXX as his HOR.  However, he switched his HOR to XXX.  His documentary evidence is his application for a XXX driver’s license, dated 29 January 1997, which list XXX as his permanent address.  

The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The applicant is a currently serving Air Force Reserve colonel (O-6).

According to AF Form 766, Extended Active Duty Order, Special Order Number XXXX, dated 8 February 2001, the applicant was ordered to EAD.  His HOR is listed as XX.

On 31 July 2021, according to DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, the applicant was released from active duty and on 1 August 2021, he retired after serving 22 years, 4 months and 8 days of active service for retirement.  His HOR is listed as XXXX.

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

APPLICABLE AUTHORITY/GUIDANCE

The Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), Appendix A, defines the HOR as the place recorded as the individual’s home when appointed, commissioned, enlisted, inducted, or ordered into a tour of active duty.  The JTR further states that a member may only change the HOR if a break in service exceeds one full day.  Additionally, in instances of a bona fide error where the place originally named at the time of current entry into the service was not in fact the actual home, the correction must be fully justified and the home, as corrected, must be the member’s actual home upon entering the service, and not a different place selected for the member’s convenience.

According to the DD Form 214 Personnel Services Delivery Guide, the HOR on the application for appointment (AF Form 24, Application for Appointment as Reserve of the Air Force or USAF without Component) is used as the HOR on the DD Form 214 for active duty officers.  As a secondary source, the HOR listed on the EAD order for the starting period of service recorded on the DD Form 214, block 12a, Date Entered Active Duty this Period, may be used.

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

1.  The application was timely filed.

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

3.  After a careful review of the applicant's contentions and the available evidence of record, the Board is not convinced the applicant has provided sufficient evidence to conclude that he is the victim of an error or injustice.  The HOR when the applicant entered EAD is listed as XX, and the applicant did not provide proof that his HOR was recorded in error.  In addition, the applicant did not have a break in service of more than one full day; therefore, a change to the applicant’s HOR is not authorized.  In view of the foregoing, the Board recommends against correcting the applicant’s records.

4.  The applicant has not shown a personal appearance, with or without counsel, would materially add to the Board’s understanding of the issues involved.

RECOMMENDATION

The Board recommends informing the applicant the evidence did not demonstrate material error or injustice, and the Board will reconsider the application only upon receipt of relevant evidence not already presented.

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-2021-02283 in Executive Session on 28 July 2021:

, Panel Chair
, Panel Member
, Panel Member

All members voted against correcting the record.  The panel considered the following:

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 1 July 2021.
Exhibit B:	Documentary Evidence, including relevant excerpts from official records.

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