NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

MEMBERS SITTING

-GRADE

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD	
		AFSN/SSAN	

PERSONAL APPEARANCE	
X  RECORD REVIEW	
NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION	ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL	

x x x x x

A92.37, A94.53, AOI.13

HEAJIING DATE
12 JUN 03

INDEX NUMBER
A67.10

CASE NUMBl!:fl
FDlOOl-0534

l ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LEITER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMfITED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE

TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPERANCE HEARING

Case heard at Washington, D.C.

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

SAF/MIBR
550 C STREET WEST, StnTE 40 RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742

SECRETARY OF THE AlR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL A1R FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
1535 COMMAND OR, EE WING, 31ID FLOOR ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762-7002

AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00	(EF Y2)	Previous edition will be used.

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD2002-0534	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to honorable.

The  applicant  was  offered  a personal  appearance  before  the  Discharge  Review  Board  but  declined  to exercise this right.

The attached brief contains available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors leading to the discharge.

FINDINGS:  Upgrade of discharge is denied.

The Board finds the applicant submitted no issues contesting the equity or propriety  of the discharge, and after a thorough review of the record, the Board was unable to identify any.

Issues.  Applicant was discharged for minor disciplinary infractions.  He had two Letters of Counseling, a Letter of Reprimand, a Letter of Admonishment, an Article 15, and a vacation of suspended punishment.  His misconduct included financial irresponsibility, failure to go on two occasions, being incapacitated for duty due to previous overindulgence in alcohol, and failure to pay his government travel card bill.  At the time of the discharge, member consulted counsel and submitted a statement in his own behalf in which he tried to explain the reasons for some of his infractions, but agrees he had no excuse for other of his infractions.  Member was age 22 to 24 when his misconduct occurred and there is no evidence he was immature or didn't know right from wrong.  Member was responsible for his actions and was held accountable for them because his misconduct was disruptive to the unit.  Commission of serious repeat offenses clearly established applicant's unsuitability for further Air Force service.  The Board did not find  · sufficient mitigation to warrant an upgrade, and no inequity or impropriety was found in this discharge in the course of the records review. The Board concluded the discharge was appropriate for the reasons that were its basis.

Ifhe can provide additional documented information to substantiate an issue, the applicant should consider exercising his right to make a personal appearance before the Board.  If he should choose to exercise his right to a personal appearance hearing, the applicant should be prepared to provide the DRB with factual evidence of the inequity and any exemplary post-service accomplishments as well as any contributions to the community.

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 full administrative due process.

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

Attachment: Examiner's Brief