AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

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

PERSONAL  APPEARANCE	X   RECORD REVIEW
NAME OF CO\JNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION	ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL

MEMBERS SITTING
x x x x x

A93.01, A93.09

HEARING DATE
27 JUN 03

INDEX NUMBER
A67.90

CASE NUMBER
FD2003-0084

l ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
: 2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE

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 the right to submit an application to the AFBCMR.

SAFIMIBR
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742

AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00	(EF-V2)

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
1535 COMMAND DR, EE WING, 3ru> FLOOR ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762-7002
Previous edition will be used.

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD03-0084		

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

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

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

FINDINGS: Upgrade of discharge is denied.

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

ISSUE: Applicant states that she suffered severe mental abuse from two of the NCOs in her shop and she claims she was ymmg and stupid during her time in the Air Force. The record indicates the applicant received an Article 15 for making a false official statement and for writing bad checks. She also received three Letters of Reprimand for financial irresponsibility, leaving the work section without proper authorization and lying about it, failure to report back to her duty section after an appointment and making a false official statement, and failure to comply with training restrictions by driving a privately owned vehicle and wearing civilian clothes. In addition, she received five Letters of Counseling for failure to obey a lawful general order due to a lack of personal hygiene (twice), failure to meet an appointment, financial irresponsibility, and failure to report back to her duty section after an appointment. The DRB recognized the applicant was 19 years of age when the discharge took place. However, there is no evidence she was immature or did not know right from wrong. The Board opined the applicant was older then the vast majority of first-term members who properly adhere to the Air Force's standards of conduct. There were no medical records in the file to verify the applicant's claim of mental abuse by two NCOs; however, the applicant was fully responsible for her actions and no one caused her to misbehave. The Board concluded the applicant's misconduct was a significant departure from conduct expected of all military members. The characterization of the discharge received by the applicant was found to be appropriate.  The Board found no evidence of any inequity or impropriety on which to base a decision to upgrade the discharge.

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.

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 Brief