AIR  FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

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EXlllBl"fS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD

A93.09, A93.33, A94.06, AOl.31

A 67.10	1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION  FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LEITER OF NOTIFICATION

HEARING DATf.
021303

CASE NUMBER
FD2002·0339

4		BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXIIlBITS SUBMrlTED AT  TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE

TAPE RECORDING  OF PERSONAL APPERANCE  HEARJNG APPLICANT'S ISSUF AND THE BOARD'S DECISIONAL RATIONAL ARE DISCUSSED ON nu:ATTACHED AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE.
REMARKS
Case heard at Washington, D.C.

+ Change reason for discharge to "Secretarial Authority"

The AFDRB determined the applicant's reenslitment  (RE) code will not be changed. The applicant can still apply for a waiver from the branch of service he wishes to join or apply to the AFBCMR.

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

INDORSEMENT

DATE: 021803

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

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD2002-0339	

GENERAL:  The applicant appea]s for an upgrade of his general discharge to honorable.  The applicant
and his father appeared and testified before the Board, with counsel, at Andrews AFB, MD, on February 13, 2003.

The applicant submitted a brief which contained the folJowing items: an extract from DoD Directive 1332.28,:. a letter of appreciation from.- . ·	·	, character letters from the foll<;,wing individals:1,15  -l[lilll,
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personal statement, Newspaper clippings from the 14 and 16 Oct 02 editions of the St Louis Post-Dispatch; an extract from AFI 44-121; and copies of the following DRB cases: FD-99-00386, FD-00-00302; FD-00- 00204; FD-00-00084; FD-00-00189; FD-99-00099; FD-99-00369-A and FD-01-00012.

The attached brief contains the available pertinent data on the applicant, the factors leading to the discharge, and the issues he submitted for review.

FINDINGS:  The applicant's request to change the characterization of his discharge to honorable is granted.  The DRB changed the narrative reason for the applicant's separation from "misconduct" to "Secretarial Authority." While the DRB could not find (and the applicant conceded) there was no impropriety in the administrative processing of his discharge, the DRB did find the characterization of his discharge to be inequitable.

Issue:  The applicant contends that his overa11 service record is more deserving of a fully honorable discharge rather than the general under honorable conditions discharge he received.  The applicant pointed out that he served over 4 years with an unblemished record with the exception of a 17-day period when he was about 2 months away from completing his term of service.  During that period, the respondent was late for two appointments, was drunk and disorderly, made an obscene phone call to a superior officer, and failed to promptly pay the balance on his government credit card.  After a thorough and complete consideration of the information provided by the applicant, the applicant's compelling testimony, and the information contained in the record, the DRB concluded there were sufficient extenuating and mitigating circumstances to substantiate an upgrade to the applicant's discharge.  The DRB noted, however, the applicant's record of declining duty performance throughout his four years of service.  This record, coupled with the misconduct noted above, convinced the DRB that a change to his re-enlistment code would not be
appropriate.  Though not requested by the applicant, the DRB also decided that it was appropriate to change the narrative reason for discharge from "misconduct" to the more favorable "Secretarial Authority."

None of the applicant's remaining issues will be addressed as their resolution in the applicant's favor would not resu1t in greater relief than is being afforded by the Board.	
The Board also reviewed and considered the applicant' s entire service record before making a decision.

CONCLUSIONS:   The Board concludes the respondent's discharge characterization  should be upgraded from general to honorable.  The Board further concludes the narrative reason for the separations should be changed from "misconduct" to "Secretarial Authority."

Attachment: Examiner's Brief