AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
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ISSUES	A94.05	INDEX NUMBER	A67.10	EXHIBITS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD
1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOAR D
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTI FICATION
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL flLE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONA L APPEARA NCE

TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HE

HEARING DATE	CASE NUMBER

22 Mar 2007	FD-2006-00318
APPL!(' ANT'S ISSUE AND THE f!OARD'S DECISIONAL RATIONAL ARE DISCUSSED ON THE ATTACHED AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE

Case heard in Washington, O,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

Names and votes will be made available to the applicant at the applicant's request.

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INDORSEMENT	DATE:/2/2007

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TO,	FROM'
SAF/MRBR	SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW  BOARD
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40	1535 COMMAND DR, EE WING, 3RD FLOOR
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742	AN1>11>;ws At'K, Mll 20762-7002

AFHQ l<'ORM 0-2077, JAN 00	(EF-V2)	Previous edition wilJ be used

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2006-00318	

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 i s denied.

The  Board  finds that  neither  the  evidence  of record  nor  that  provided  by  the  applicant  substantiates  an inequity or impropriety that would justify a change of discharge.

ISSUE:

Applicant contends he was young and immature when he committed his miscond uct; he is requesting an upgrade so he can enlist into the National Guard.  The record indicates that the applicant received two
Article 15s, a vacated Article 15, a Letter of Counseling and Record of Individual Counseling for a failure to go, failing to deploy with chemical warfare equipment, misuse of the government travel card, failing to pay debts, and failure to obey a lawful general order.  The Board recognized that the applicant was 21 years of age when the discharge took place.  However, there was no evidence he was immature or did not know right from wrong.  The Board found the seriousness of the willful misconduct offset any positive aspects of the applicant's duty performance and concluded that the characterization of the applicant's discharge was appropriate due to the misconduct.

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 foll 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