NO

x

HON

GEN

NUMBER
A67.10

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2

3

4

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARI NG RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

-

GRADE

AFSN/SSAN

PERSONAL  APPEARANCE
NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION

X  RECORD REVIEW
ADORESS AND OR ORGANJ7..ATION OF COUNSEL

YES

VOTE.OFTUE BOARD

MEMBERS SITTING

UOTHC

x
x x x
x

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A92.35, A92. 15, A93.01

EXlllBrTS SUBMITTED TO THE BOA]jlt< 1   •
ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE

HEAkJNG DATE
03-04-21

CASE NUMBER
FD2002-0501

LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF
PERSONAL  APPEARANCE

TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPERANCE HEARJNG
APPLICANT'S ISSUE AND THE BOARD'S DECISIONAL.RATJONAL  ARE DISCUSSED ON THE ATTACHED AIR FOil.CE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DlOCISIONAL RATJONALE.

REMARKS

Case heard at Washington, U.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/M lBR
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40
RANWLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742

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 NUMRER

FD2002-0501	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals  for upgrade of discharge to honorable, to change the reason and authority for her discharge, and to change her reenlistment code.

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, change of reason and authority for discharge, and change of reenlistment code are denied.

The Board finds that neither the evidence of record nor that provided by applicant substantiates an inequity or impropriety that would justify a change of discharge.

Issues. Applicant was discharged for misconduct, minor disciplinary infractions. She had three Letters of Reprimand (LOR), an Article 15, and an Unfavorable Information File. Her misconduct included failure to obey a lawful order of a superior noncommissioned officer, altering and canceling her own leave slip without authority, leaving her place of duty without authority, and fraudulently using her roommate's personal long distance telephone card  to make 50 unauthorized calls totaling about $235.00. These occurred over a 12-month period of time. At the time of the discharge, applicant waived her right to consult counsel and submit statements on her own behalf. The Board noted that when her misconduct occurred, member was the same age as other airmen who had adhered to the standards, and in spite of the unit's efforts to help member correct her deficiencies, she was not motivated enough to conform to standards and her misconduct continued. Although given several opportunities to improve her behavior, member failed to respond to those rehabilitative efforts, so she was held accountable for her actions. No inequity or impropriety was found in this discharge in the course of the records review.

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