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2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBl'rS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE

TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HE

HEARING DATE	CASE NUMUER

05 Oct 2006	FD-2004-00087
Al'Pl,lCANT'S ISS:Uf.l AND THE  A9.D'S DECISl?NA 11.ATIONAL ARE DISCIJSSED ON THE ATTACHED AIR 1'01\Cll PISCHAR.Oll ll.EVl .•BOARD DECISIONAL RATION	:::C
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Case heard in 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

Names and votes will be made available to the applicant at the applicant's request.

X - Upgrade and Reason & Authority

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RANDOLPH  AFB, TX 78150-4742	ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762·7002

AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00	(EF-V2)	Previous edition will be used

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CONCLUSIONS:	The  Discharge   Review  Board  concludes  that  the  discharge  was  consistent  with  the
procedu ral  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.

Jn 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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2004-00087	

GENERAL:  The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to honora ble and change reason and authority.

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 lead ing to the discharge.

FINDINGS:  Upgrade of discharge and change of reason and authority for discharge are denied.

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

ISSUE:  Appl icant received a General discharge for Unsatisfactory Perfonnance

Applicant states that as a resu lt of two on-going sexual harassment investigations she was removed from her shop.  Her offender was later punished but remained in the shop.  Applicant contends she was not given a chance to complete her training because she was not able to train in her shop. The records indicate that training began 20 Nov 96 with a break from dates 28 Apr 97 to 24 J un 98. Jun 98 entry indicates that she was behind i n her training. Records show that applicant was decertified and required additional training before getting signed off. On 2 Apr 99 records show that applicant was approximately 67% complete in her training and training was slow due to having to conduct training on the same tasks many times. On 11 Sep 98 there is an entrance in the record stating that training was progressing slowly because of absenteeism by the applicant due to appointments, child care or volunteering for extra details. On 9 Apr 99 appl icant was counseled by her Element Chief on her lack of progress and that she needed to be more proactive in training. On 23 Apr 99 appl icant was counseled by her Flight/CC and Flight Chief regarding her training. She was behind in her upgrade and had exceeded the average completion time. Records show in the timeframe of Apr 99 through Aug 99 the applicant had difficulties in training, did not following T.O. instructions, not being able to accomplish tasks without assistance. The records indicate that applicant was placed on training status code "T" effective 7 Dec 99. The records also show the applicant received an Article 15, three Letters of Reprimand, three Letters of Counseling, and a Letter of Admonition for misconduct to include failure to be avai lable for duty, fai lure to obey a lawful order, leaving duty early due to lack of planning, financial irresponsibility, failure to perform assigned duties, and dereliction of duty. Although these disciplinary actions were  not basis for appl icant's discharge the Board took these into account when reviewing the applicant's service record. After thorough review of the records and the evidence provided, the Board finds no substantiation of an inequity or impropriety. The applicant's record supports the fact that the applicant failed to progress satisfactorily in her Slevel upgrade training, therefore the Board concluded that the characterization and reason of the discharge recei ved by the appl icant to be appropriate.