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2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISC! IARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTI FICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSON NEi . FI LE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXH IH ITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE

HEARlNG  DAT!:	CASE NUMBER

01 Jun 2006	FD-2005-00429

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SAf/MRBR	SECRETARY OF TH AIR FORCE PERSONNl:L COUNCIL
AIR  FORCE  OISCllARGE REVIEW BOARD

550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40

1535 COMMANO JJR, EE WING, 3RJJ Fl,OOR

RAN DOLPH AFB, TX 78I 50-4742	ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762-7002

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

AI R FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATI ONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2005-00429	

GEN ERAL:  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.

No additional exhibits or issues were submitted for review by the DRB

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: The applicant acknowledged the "mistake" he made  that led to his discharge. He  also acknowledged that he made "some bad financial choices" while at a young age. The applicant received a UOTH discharge in lieu of a trial by court-martial on 19 March 1 992. The applicant's offenses consisted of numerous violations of Article 123a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, in that  he  uttered  multiple  bad checks for the procurement merchandise and/or lawful currency from the base exchange, commissary, the Union Square Federal Credit Union, the Sheppard AFB Bank, and other agencies within  his base community. An OSI report reflects the appl icant admitted "floating" checks total ing in excess of $68,000 over a 48-month period (from between April 1987 and August 1991 ) with  insufficient funds to cover the checks in his bank account at a given time. In response to the discharge action the applicant wrote that he "did not intend to defraud AAFES in any way," citing he had "too many expenses at home" and only wanted to have enough money to "cover [him] until pay day." The applicant reported that he had no gambling or drug problems as possi bl e factors in his check writing behavior. The ORB acknowled ged the death of the applicant's mother in September 1989. However, absent medical or other supporting evidence, the ORB found no causal or mitigating  relationship  between lhe death of the applicant's mother and his subseq uent check writing behavior. Additionally, the DRB believed that had the applicant received timely financial counseling, the leni::r, thy course of his check writing behavior may have been interrupted or corrected much earlier. Nonetheless, the clandestine nature of the applicant's behavior deprived his supervisors of the knowledge and awareness of his self-reported financial difficulties resulting in the delay in  directing financial counseling. The DRB was pleased to see that since the applicant's discharge  he is reportedl y "financially sound" and a "successful busi ness owner." However, based upon all currentl y available facts and evidence in the applicant's case, the DRB found no compelling basis upon which to justify a change in characterization of his military service.

CONCLUSIONS: The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was consistent with the procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation and was withi n 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