PERSONAL APPEARANCE	X    RECORDREVIEW
NAME OF C01!1'!SEL AND OR ORGANll'ATlON	ADDRESS,\NDOR   ORGAMZATIONOFCOUNSEI.

MEMBERS SITTING
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flEAltlN(i!lATE
30 MAY 02

FD2002--0033

1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPUCAT! ON FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OFNOTIFICATfON
4		BRIEF OF PERSON NEL FILL COUNSEL'S  RELEASE TO T!IE BOARD

Case heard at Washington, D.C

Advise applicant af the decision of the Board, the right to a personal appearance with/without counsel, and the right to submit an application to theAFBCMR.

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550C S IHLH W ESl. SU I TE40 RANIX1LPH AFl3. TX 78150-4742

SECRET.t\R Y OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COU NCIL
AIR FORCE DISCHARUE REVIEW BOARD 1535 COMMANDDR EE WING,3RD FLOOH ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762-7002

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FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to Honorable.
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The applicant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (DRB)	to this right.

The attached brief contains the available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors	the

FINDINGS: Upgrade of discharge is denied.	.-

The board finds that neither evidence of record nor that provided by the applicant substantiates an inequity impropriety, which would justify a change of discharge.

The applicant's issues are listed in the attached brief.

The applicant does not disputethe charges of financial irresponsibility.  He states that he was young and very irresponsiblewith money.  He believes he has changed for the better and would like an honorable discharge.  The record indicates the applicant received an Article 15 for being indebted to the Air Force and failure to pay said debt.  Also, the applicant received two Letters of Reprimand for being delinquent in paying his just debts. No inequity or impropriety in his discharge was suggested or found in the course of the records review.  The DRB recognized the applicant was 23 years of age when the discharge	place.  However there is no evidence of record to indicate he was immature or did not know right		The Board opined the applicant was older than the vast majority of first term members who properly adhere to the Air Force standards of conduct and financial responsibility.  The Board concluded that the character and reason for discharge were appropriate due to his unsatisfactory performance concerning his finances.

CONCLUSIONS: The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was consistent with the procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation and was within the discretion of the discharge authority and that the applicant was provided	administrative due process.

In view of the foregoing findings the board	concludes that there exists no legal or equitable basis for upgrade of discharge or change the reason for discharge, thus the applicant's discharge should not be changed.

Attachment:
Examiner's Brief	.	.