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ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
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2	APPLICATION  FOR  REVIEW  OF DISCHARGE
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COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME or
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27 Jan 2006	FD-2005-00203

Case heard at Washington, D.C.  The applicant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board between Andrews AFB, Maryland and St. Augustine FL via video teleconference but failed to exercise this right.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board, 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.

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550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742		
		FROM:
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE J>ERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
1535 COMMAND D.R, EE WING, JRD FLOOR ANDREWS A•'B, MD 10761 7002	
AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00	(EF-V2)	Previous edition will be used

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2005-00203	

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to honorable.

The applicant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (DRB) but failed to appear for his hearing.  The ORB considered the applicant's request for upgrade by records review.

The attached brief contains availab]e pertinent data on the applicant and the factors Jeading 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: The applicant submitted no issues with his application for upgrade of discharge, however the Board considered the issues raised by the applicant in his original response to discharge action including upbringing, motivation to serve, acceptance of responsibility for his conduct and his request for an honorable characterization  of service.

The applicant was discharged with an under honorable conditions (general) discharge for minor disciplinary infractions after 7 months and 4 days of service. The applicant successfully completed basic training, however during technical training, the member received 3 AETC Forms 173 (records of counseling for minor infractions while in training), 2 Letters of Counseling and 8 Letters of Reprimand for various infractions including failure to complete homework, late for duty, communicating a threat, insubordination, unprofessional conduct, poor attitude, multiple training phase violations, failure to obey lawful orders, and academic failure. The Board noted the applicant was notified of discharge action one week after completing 6 months of active duty and observed that members discharged prior to 6 months typically receive a characterization of service as "uncharacterized" under provisions for entry level separation. The Board reviewed the evidence of the record showing that the applicant's training supervisors and chain of command expended considerable time and effort over nearly a four month time span in remediation and counseling to help the applicant conform to military and academic standards. The applicant had ample opportunity to correct the recurring misconduct that was a significant departure from conduct expected of all military members and the DRB found no evidence of impropriety or inequity that would warrant an upgrade.

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