AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
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VOTE OF THE BOARD
MEMBER SITTING	HON	GEN	UOTHC	OTHER	DENY

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ISSUES	A92.0I	INIJF,X NllMHl:K	A66.00	EXH IBITS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD
A92.03	1	ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICA TlON
4	BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEA RANCE

TAPE R ECOR DI NG OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE  HE

HEARING  llATE	CASE NUMBER

22 Mar 2007	FD-2006-00353
APPLICANT'S ISSUE AND THE BOARD'S DECISIONAL RATIONAL ARE DISCUSSf,D ON THE AHACHW AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REV!J;W BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE

Case heard in 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

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

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RAN DOLPH AFH, TX 78150-4742	ANUREWS AFB, Mll 20762-7002

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	(ASE NllMBER

FD-2006-00353	

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:

The applicant submitted no specific issues but stated a desire to have his discharge upgraded for a second chance at getting his life back on track and back into the career that the AF trained him in. He states that his AF career speaks for itself with numerous awards and decorations and the only fault or flaw was the one incident that cost him. The record indicates that the applicant received an Article 15 for wrongful use of mari juana and received a reduction to Senior Airman. The Board took note of the applicant's duty performance  as  documented  by  his  performance  reports,  letters  of   recommendation   and   other accompl ishments, but found the seriousness of the wi llful miscond uct was significant departure  from conduct expected of all military members and offset any positive aspects of the applicant's duty performance. The Board concluded that the characterization of the discharge received by the applicant to be appropriate.

CONCLUSIONS: The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was consistent with the procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation and was with i n the discretion of the discharge authority and that the applicant was provided ful l administrative d ue process.

In view of the foregoing findings, the Board further concl udes 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