AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

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

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PERSONAL  APPEARANCE	X    RECORD REVIEW

NAME OF COUNSELANI> OR ORGAN.12;.A TION

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MEMBERS SITTING

ADDRESS AND OR ORGANJZATION OF COUNSEL

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INDEX NUMBER
A93.11, A94.05, A94.53	A47.00

1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE

HEARING DATE
03-05-28

CASE NUMlJER
FD2003-00053

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

TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPERANCE HEARJNG

Case heard at Washington, D.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/MIBR
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742

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

AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00	Previous edition will be used.

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD2003-00052	

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

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 is denied.
The Board finds 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 dishonorable failure to  pay just debts. She had four verbal counselings, two Letters of Counseling, two Letters of Reprimand, and two Articles 15. Her misconduct included numerous instances of writing worthless checks and failure to pay the resultant debts to various businesses, including the Anny Air Force Exchange Service and Defense Commissary Agency. These incidents of misconduct occurred during the period August 1992 to June 1997. Her punishment on the second Article  15 was a suspended reduction. Although recommended to receive an under other than honorable conditions discharge, at the time of the discharge, applicant submitted a conditional waiver to receive a general discharge, which was approved. Additionally, applicant consulted counsel and submitted a statement in her own behalf, admitting her misconduct but also noting she had made improvements in her financial situation. She also noted several instances of exemplary performance and asked that those be taken into consideration. The Board noted that in member was responsible for her actions of misconduct and was held accountable for those. She was counseled repeatedly and given numerous opportunities to improve her behavior but failed to respond to those rehabilitative efforts. 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