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AJR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE	AFSN/SSAN

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

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JIEAIUNGDATE
2 JUN 03

CASE NUMBER
FD2002-01 12

ORDER APPOINTING TIIE BOARD APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE LEITER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO TIIE BOARD
ADDITIONAi. EXHIBITS SUBMm1m AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE

TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPERANCE HEARING

REMARKS
Case heard at Scott AFB, Illinois.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board and the right to submitt an application to the AFBCMR.

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SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
1535 COMMAND DR, EE WING, 3RD FLOOR
ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762-7002
Previous edition will be used.

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD2002-0l 12		

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

The applicant's appeal was heard by the Discharge Review Board (DRB), at Scott AFB, IL on June 2003. The applicant did not appear.
The attached brief contains available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors leading to the discharge. FINDINGS:  Upgrade of discharge to Honorable is denied.
The Board finds that neither the evidence of record nor that provided by the applicant substantiates an impropriety or an inequity that would justify upgrade of the discharge.

ISSUES: The applicant was discharged with a General Discharge for misconduct or, more specifically, drug abuse. The applicant was court-martialed for numerous uses of marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance, and for numerous uses of methamphetamine, also a Schedule I controlled substance. He was confined for 10 months, reduced in rank, and assessed forfeitures, but did not receive a punitive discharge. In addition to the drug use for which he was court-martialed, his records (referencing the investigation into his drug use) indicate involvement with cocaine and LSD, also Schedule I controlled substances. He was subjected to discharge and waived his board hearing in exchange for no less than a General service characterization. Applicant now states that he should have been given an honorable discharge because the characterization he received was too harsh under the circumstances. The DRB disagreed and concluded that the characterization of the applicant's discharge was appropriate given the nature of the applicant's misconduct, involving as it did extensive use and association with illegal drugs.  Moreover, the DRB could discern no evidence of any impropriety or inequity associated with the applicant's case.

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. Having found no inequity or impropriety, the DRB denies the requested relief.

Attachment: Examiner's Brief