AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)

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N.'\ME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION

ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OJ<. COljNSEL

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lSSUES	A94.53

L"llDEX NUMBER	. A67.90

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

HEARJNG DAT;	CASE NUMBER

14 Dec 2004	FD-2004-00329

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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SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
1535 COMMAND DR, EE WING, JRD 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 NUl\1BER

FD-2004-00329	

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 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 that would justify a change of discharge.

ISSUE:  Applicant was discharged for conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline.  The records indicated the applicant received an Article 15, a Letter of Reprimand, a Record ofindividual Counseling, one Letter of Counseling, and had an unfavorable Information File.  His infractions were all for financial irresponsibility, with one for missing a training appointment.	At one point, member was 251 days past due on a debt to Nations Bank, which totaled over $2,000.00 at that time.  The record reflects that member was sent to financial management counseling twice, but he failed to follow instructions given him in order to
bring his finances under control.  He also was sent to Consumer Credit Counseling for debt consolidation but failed to abide by the contractual arrangements made on his behalf.  The Board opined that through the unit's administrative actions, the applicant had ample opportuni ties to change his negative behavior and was either unwilling or unable to do so.  The Board concluded the misconduct was a significant departure from conduct expected of all military members and the characterization of the discharge received by the applicant was appropriate.

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