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ISSUES	A93.l I	INDICX NUMBER	A67.30	EXmnts SUBl\-nn;in TO THE BOARD
A94.53	1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD	 	
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF rnsc1 IARGE
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 DA TE	CASE NUMBER

25 May 2006	FD-2005-00387
APPL.lCANT"S ISSUE AND THE BOARD'S DECISIONAi.. RATIONAL ARE DISCtJSSE ON THE ATl'ACHED AIR FORC!l<Dl,$1,;J,):, EREVlllW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE

Case heard at Washington, D.C.

Advise applicant of the decision of the Board, the right to a persona l appearance with/without counsel, and the ri ght to su bmit an application to the AFBCMR

Names and votes wi l l  be made available to the applicant at the applicant's req uest.

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SECRETARY  O•' THI: AIR  FORCE  PERSONNEL COUNCIL
SAF/MRBR	A m FORCE DISCllARGF. Rl:VIEW  BOARD
550 C STREET WEST, SU ITE 40	1535 COMMAND DR, EE WING, 3RD FLOOR
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742	A.NDR•:WS AFB, MD 20762-7002

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

A ll{FORCE  DISCHARGE  REVIEW  BOARD  DECISIONAL  RATIONALE	l'ASE NUMBER

FD-2005-00387	

GEN ERAL: The appl icant appeals for upgrade of discharge to honorable.

The appl icant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (ORB) hu t decl ined to exercise t his right.

The allached brief contains avail able pertinent data on the appl icant and lhe factors lead i ng to the d i scharge.

FIN DINGS:  U pgrade of discharge is denied.

The Board fi nds t hat  nei ther the evidence of record  nor t hat provided  by t he appl icant substa n t iates an i neq u i t y or im propriet y t ha t would justify a change of discharge.

ISSU E: Appl icant recei ved a General discharge for Miscond uct - Comm ission of a Serious Offense

Appl i cant conte nds t ha t he wou ld l ike to finish school and achieve a coll ege degree. Althou gh the Board was sym pa l he t ic lo t he impact the loss of these benefi ts was havi ng on t he appl ica nt, t hi s is not a maile r of
i ncq u i t y or impropriet y w hich wou ld warra nt an upgrade. The records ind icated t he appl icant recei ved a11 A rt i cle 15 for miscond uct to include fail ure to return to work, absenting himself from his u ni t wi thou t
<1 u t horizat ion, failure to pay a just debt, and numerous i nstances of wri ti ng bad checks. The DR B opi ned t h <t t   t h rough t hese admi nistra tive actions, the applicant had am ple opportu nit ies to change his nega t ive behav ior.
The Board concl uded the m iscond uct was a signi ficant departure from cond uct expected or all mili t ary mem bers, and the characterization of the discharge received by the appl icant was fou nd to he appropriate.

CONCLUSIONS: The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was consiste n t wi t h t he proced u ra l and substa ntive requirements of the discharge regu lat ion and was withi n the d iscret ion or t he discharge au thorit y and that the appl icant was provided full administ rati ve d ue process.

In v iew of t he foregoi ng find ings the Board furt her concludes tha t there ex ists no lega l or eq u itable basis for u pgrade or d ischarge, thus the appl icant's discharge should not be changed.

Allach me n t:
l '.xa m i ne r's Brief