AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW  BOARD HEARING RECORD

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ISSUES

A94.53

INDEX NUMBER

A67.10

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
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE

HEARING DATE	CASE NUMBER

12 Aug 2004

FD-2004-00188

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.

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

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE  PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD
1535 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-2004-00188	

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 a Record of Individual Counseling, a Letter of Reprimand, two Articles 15, and a vacation of suspended punishment. Her misconduct included numerous instances of wTiting worthless checks and failure to pay the resultant debts to various businesses, including the Army Air Force Exchange Service and Defense Commissary Agency. She also  misused her government travel card for personal purposes. These incidents of misconduct occurred during the period February 2000 to March 2002. At the time of the discharge, 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 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