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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING  RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE	AFSN/SSAN
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TYPE
HON	PERSONAL  APPEARANCE	X   RECORD REVIEW

;,	SJ:L: .i;;i},<i•    NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION
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ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL

MEMBERS SITTING

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GEN	UOTHC	OTHER

DENY
x x x x x

ISSUES
A94.53, A93.0l

INDEX NUMBER
A49.00	1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION  FOR REVIEW  OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
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HEARING DATE
16 OCT 03

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REMARKS

CASE NUMBER
FD2003-00350

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

Case heard at Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Boa rd, the right to a personal appearance with/without counsel, and the right to submit an application to the AFBCMR.

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

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
I535 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

FD-2003-00350	

GENERAL:  The applicant appeals to change the reason and authority for the discharge.

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

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

FINDINGS:  Change of reason and authority for the 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 that would justify a change of discharge.

ISSUE: The records indicated applicant received an honorable discharge for unsatisfactory duty performance. Although member entered the Air Force with a guaranteed career field pursuant to his request, he was eliminated from the Airborne Cryptologic Linguist Apprentice Course for administrative reasons after displaying a lack of dedication. Although recommended for retention and retraining into another career field, a mere 9 weeks later he was eliminated from the Financial Management Apprentice course for academic deficiencies. He failed two block examinations and displayed a lack of motivation to remain in the course or the Air Force. His supervisors stated he consciously chose not to adapt to the military environment or course of instruction. The Board noted that member's Air Force Qualifying Test (AFQT) scores were extremely high, indicating he had the aptitude to pass the course had he desired to do so. The records review further disclosed member was seen at the life skills clinic and diagnosed with an adjustment disorder with depressed mood as a result of his career field change and permanent change of station. The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity in this case on which to base a change of reason and authority for the discharge.

The applicant cited his desire to return to military service as justification for a change of the discharge reason. While the DRB commended applicant on this desire and was sympathetic to the impact his reenlistment code was having on the applicant, this is not a matter of inequity or impropriety that would warrant a change of 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.

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