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l	ORDER APPOTNTING THI\ OOARD
2	APPLICATION POR REVIEW OF DJSCHARGE
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4	DRIEF OF PERSONNEL FlLE
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Cue heard at Washington, D.C.

Advise a11plicant of the decision of the Board and the right to a personal appearance with/witho11t co11nsel  nd the right to
submit an applkatio11 to the Al<'IJCMR.

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330 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANl>QLl'H AFB, TX 781S0-4741

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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIE'V BOARD DF.CISIONA L RATIONALE	

FD2002-0186	
GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to honorable.

The applicant was offered a persona l appearance before the Discharge Review Board hut declined to exercise this right.

The attached brief contains avail able pertinent data on the applicant and the factors lead ing to the discharge.

FINDINGS: Upgrade of discharge is denied.

The Board linds 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 three Records of Individual Counseling, two Letters of Reprimand, three Articles 15, a vacation of suspended punishment, an Unfavorable Information File, and had been placed on the Control Roster. His misconduct included four instances of failure to go, speeding on base, drunk driving, underage drinking, being drunk on standby duty and incapacitated for duty, and disobeying a lawful order by driving on ba;;e while on suspension. At the time of the discharge, after consulting counsel, member waived his right to submit a statement in his own behalf Applicant now states he realizes he was immature and made a fow mistakes, but he would like to come back into the Air Force. The Board noted that member was the same age as other airmen who adhere to the standards when bis miscond uct occurred, and he knew right from wrong. Ile was counseled repeatedly and placed on the Control Roster in an effort to help him correct his deficiencies. He was mature and responsibl e for his actions, and therefore was held accountable for them. Although he was given numerous opportuni ties to improve his behavior, he failed to respond to those rehabilitative efforts. No inequity or impropriety was found in this discharge in the course of the records review.

While the Board commends applicant on this desire his desire to return to military service, and is sympathetic to the impact a General discharge has on his reenlistment code, this is not a matter of equity or propriety that warrants an upgrade.

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 foll administrative due process.

Inview 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 R rief