AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD H EARING RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

-GRAD!':

AFSN/SSAN

PERSONAL  APPEARANCE	X   RECORD REVIEW

YES

NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION

ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION  Of COUNSEL

MEMBERS SITTING	!ION	Gt:N

VOTE OF THE BOARD

DENY
x x x
x
x

INDEX NUMBER	EXlllBITS SUBMITTED TO T

A67.l0

ORDER APPOTNTTNG THE BOARD

HEARING DATE
14 JAN 03

CASE NUMBER
FD2002-0324
3	
LETTER OF NOTI FICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOAR
ADDITIONAL  EXH!l3ITS SUBMITTED AT  Tl       . OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE

TAPE RECORDJNG OF PERSONAL APPER,.
NAL ARE DISCUSSED ON THE ATTACHED AIR FORCE DiSCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATION

REMARKS	,
Case heard at Washington, D.C.

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

JAN 03

SAF/MIBR
SSO C STREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNE  COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
J 535 COMMAND DR, EE WING, 31W FLOOR
ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762-7002

AFHQ FORM 0..2077, JAN 00	(EF-V2)	Previous edition wiH	used.

CAS:NUMBER

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL  RATIONALE	FD02-0324

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

The applicant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (DRB) but {  clined to exercise this right.

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

FINDINGS: Upgrade of discharge is denied.

The board finds that the applicant submitted no issues contesting the equity or propriety of the dis   1arge, and after a thorough review of the record, the Board was able to identify none that would justify a   hange of discharge.

ISSUE:  The applicant submitted no issues and requested that the review be completed based on t  e available service record.  The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropr  ety or inequity in this case on which to base an upgrade of discharge.  The records indicated applicant re  eived two Article  15's for failure to	In addition, the applicant received six Letters' of Reprimand fo  sleeping on duty (twice), failure to go (twice), and disobeying a direct order.  He also received a Record oi  Individual Counseling and two Memorandums For Record for failing an upgrade exam, sleeping ( llring a
training class, disrespectful towards an NCO and sleeping on duty (twice).  The DRB opined that   11rough these administrative actions, the applicant had ample opportunities to change his negative/repetiti   e
behavior. The Board concluded the disciplinary infractions were a significant departure from the mduct expected of all military members. The Board found no evidence of impropriety or inequity in thi t:ase on which to base an upgrade of discharge.

CONCLUSIONS:   The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was consistent wit	the procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation and was within the discretion   f 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 equitabli  basis for upgrade of discharge, thus the applicant's discharge should not be changed.

Attachment: Examiner's Brief