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G EN ERA L:  The appl ica nt a ppea ls for u pgrade of d ischarge to Honora ble. change of reason for d ischa rge. and cha nge of reen l istment el igi bi l ity code.

The appl ica n t a ppea red  and test ified  before t he  Discha rge  Rev iew  Board  ( OR B). with counsel. at A nd rew s A FB. M D on  Septem ber 4. 2003. ·

The fol low i ng add i t iona l  exh i bi ts were subm i tted at the heari ng:
Ex h i bi t 6: F l ight school t ranscri pt and  l etter bh i bi t 7: FA A pi l ot l icense

FIN DI NGS: The d i scharge is u pgraded  to Honora ble. and the reason  for d ischarge  i s cha n ged  to Secretarial  A ut hority.   Change  of  reen l ist ment  code  is granted.

The Board  fi nds tha t ev idence of record  and  that  prov i ded  by  t he appl icant su bstantiates  an  i njustice t hat j ust i fies u pgrade  of t he d ischa rge.

ISSU ES: The appl icant's issues are l isted i n the attached brief. The a ppl icant contends that h is d isc ha rge '"as too ha rsh. t ha t t he posi ti ve aspects of h is career ou twei ghed the negat ive aspects. that m it i gat i ng fam i ly circ u mstances were not ta ken i nto consideration by h is com mander and he was not gi ven proper superv isory gu ida nce. The
a ppl icant  was d ischarged  for m iscond uct.  m i nor  d isci pl i nary i nfracti ons.   He  had  seven  Letters of Reprimand.  t\\ o Records of I nd i v id ua l  Cou nsel i n g. two A rmed  Forces Traffic Tic kets. a m issed appoi ntment  and a de l i nq uent  OPP accou nt.   H is m iscond uct i ncl uded  m u l t i ple i nstances of d isobey i ng the l awfu l  order of a superior  non-com m i ssioned officer.  d isrespect  to  su perior  non-com m issioned  officers.  bei n g  late to  work.  m issi ng  a  mandatory  fitness  test.  use or i ndecent  lan guage. and a q ua rters v iol at ion.   J n the mem ber· s reply to t he d ischarge act ion  he req uested  retent ion a nd con tended  there  were  personal i ty  probl ems between  h imsel f a nd h is chain  of com mand.   The appl ica n t  contends  l ha t he was not  prov ided the  proper  mentori ng wh i le on active du ty and  t hat the death of h is father a nd  h is mot her·s associated  req u i rement  for emot ional  and  fi nancia l  support  cont ri buted  to h is att i tude towa rd s h is su perv isors t hat  led to h is d i scha rge.   On detai led  rev iew of the record  and ev idence prov ided d u ri ng test i mon y the Board  noted  tha t t he
substa nce of the actual  m iscond uct  was of an extremely  m i nor  nat u re or i n  some circu mstances  of q uesti ona ble sign i fica nce to have  warranted  forma l  docu mented  d isci pl i ne.   The Board  also noted  t hat  the appl icant's d u ty
performance  ''as e:-.em plary  for h is fi rst year  of serv ice after wh ich  he was tra nsferred  to the sq uad ron  from  \V h ich  he was d ischa rged.   A fter some i n i t ial m i nor d ifficu l t ies. the appl icant agai n served  i n an exem plary  man ner for a
susta i ned  period  of t i me recei v i ng the sq uad ron·s Top Performer of the Qua1ter Awa rd.   It was i m med iately  t(J l lO \'< i ng
t he deat h  of h is fat her t hat the a ppl icant recei ved  a series of Letters of Re pri ma nd  i n a short period  of t i me for bei ng d isrespectfu l  towa rds  h is superiors.   Absent  from  t he  record  is evidence of  i n vol vement  of senior su perv isors or t he Sq u ad ron· s Fi rst  Sergeant. ev idence of consideration  of the  i m pact  the recent  fam i l y death  had  on  h is work  a tti t ude.
or ev i dence of proper counsel ing rega rd i ng the conseq uences of h is beha vior and the normal esca l at ion of d isci pl i na ry ncti ons for repeat offenses.  A !though the poor att it ude the appl icant d ispl ayed towards h is superiors fol l ow i ng t he deat h of h is father was u naccepta ble. the OR B conc l uded the exten uat i ng circu mstances com bi ned w it h h i s
prev iously  demonstrated  exem plary  performance  made  h i m  a good  cand idate  for  Probat ion  and  Reha bi l i tat ion.

CONCLUSIONS:   The  Disc ha rge  Rev iew  Board  concl udes that the d ischarge  was consistent  wi t h  the proced u ral  and  substant i ve req u i rements of the d ischa rge regu lation and  was with i n  the d iscret ion of the
d isc harge aut hority and that the appl icant was provided fu ll adm i n istrative d ue process.  However ev idence of t he record and testi mony finds ineq u i ta ble d isci pl i nary action and service deserv i ng of characterizat ion as
honora ble.   I n view of the foregoi ng fi nd i ngs the Board further concl udes t hat there exists an eq u i ta ble basis for u pgrade of d isc harge. t h us the appl icant's d ischa rge shou Id be changed to Honorable. t he reason to Secretaria I
A u t hori ty a nd  the reen l istment  code u pgraded.

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