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A67.10

ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2	APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3	LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4		BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FI LE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOA RD
ADDITIONAL EXI llBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF
PERSONAL  APPEARANCE

TAPE RECOR DI NG OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE I IE

HEARING DATE	CASE NUMHEH

03 May 2007	FD-2007-00018
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Case heard  i n Wash ington, D.C.

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Advise applicant of the d ecision of the Board, the right to a personal appearance with/without counsel, and the right to subm it an application to the AFBCMR

Names and votes wi l l  be made avail able to the applicant at the appl icant's request.

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SECRt;TAl<Y OF TllE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW llOARD
1535 COMMAND Dll, EE WING, 3Hll FLOOR
ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762·7002

AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00	(EF- V2)

Previous ed ition will be used

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2007-00018	

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 issues and requested that the review be completed based on the available service record.  The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity in this case on which to base an upgrade of discharge.  The records indicated the applicant received an Article  15, four Letters of Reprimand, a Letter of Counseling, and two Records of Individual Counseling for misconduct.
The applicant received an Article 15 for failure to go to his appointed place of duty and for making a false official statement.  He was punished with a reduction in grade to Airman and a reprimand.  He was administratively disciplined for failure to obey orders, dereliction of duty on two separate occasions, lying and not having the required uniform, making numerous false statements, being out of uniform, late for duty, haircut out of regulation, and blatant disregard to AFI 36-2903, Dress and Appearance of Air Force Personnel.   The DRB opined that through these administrative actions, the appl icant had ample opportunities to change his negative behavior.  The Board concluded the applicant's misconduct was a significant
departure from conduct expected of all military members.  The characterization of the discharge received by the applicant was found 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 within the discretion of the discharge authority and that the applicant was provided full administrative due process.

In view of the foregoing find ings, the Board further concludes that there exists no legal or equitable basis for upgrade of discharge, thus the appl icant's discharge should not be changed.

Attachment: Examiner's Brief