AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST l\HDDLE INITIAL)	GRADE

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2  APPLICATION FOR REVIEW or DISCHARGE
3  LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4    BRIEF OF PERSONNEL  FlLE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBM!ITEIJ Al TIME 01'
PERSONAL  APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDI NG OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE  HEARING

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HEARING llATE	CAW NUMBEH

22 Jul 2010	FD-2009-00151

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 avai lable to the applicant at the applicant's request.

*Reason and Authority
+Reenlistment Code

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AIR FORCE DISCHARG E REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2009-00151	

GENERAL:	The  appl icant  appeals  for  u pgrade  of  d i scharge  to  honorable,  to  change  the  reason  and authority for the discharge, and to change the reenlistment  code.

The appl icant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (ORB) but declined and requests that the review be compl eted based on the available service record.

The attached brief contai ns avai l abl e pert i nent data on the appl icant and the factors lead i ng to the d i scharge.

FINDING :   The  Board  denies the upgrade  of t he discharge,  change of reason  and  authority for d ischarge, and change of reenlist ment  code.

The Board finds the applicant subm itted no i ssues contesti ng 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:

Applicant suhmitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge.  The applicant docs submit that he would like to have his discharge upgraded so that he may continue his education.  The ORB noted that when the applicant applied for these benefits he understood that he must recei ve an Honorable discharge to recei ve future educational entitlements.  The Board was sympathetic to the impact the loss of these benefits was having on the applicant, but this is not a matter of inequity or impropriety which would warrant an upgrade.  The record indicates the applicant received two Article l 5s and two Letters of Reprimand for misconduct  His misconduct included misuse and failure to pay his government travel card, failure to support dependents, failure to obey a lawful order and pay debts, and being arrested and detained for conduct after hours.

The Board highly recommends that if the applica nt can provide additional documented information to substantiate his issue(s), that he should consider exercising their right to make a personal appearance before the Board.  If the applicant chooses to exercise this right, he should be prepared to provide the ORB with factual evidence of the inequity/impropriety and any exempl ary post-service accomplishments as well as any contributions to the commu nity.

CONCLUSION: The Discharge Review Goard concl udes that the di scharge was consistent with  the procedural and substantive requirements of the d i scharge regul at ion and was within the discretion of the discharge authority and the applicant  was provided fu ll adm inistrati ve due process.

In view of the foregoing findi ngs, the Hoard fu rt her concl udes t hat t here exists no legal or equitable basis for upgrade of discharge and detenn i ncs the d i scharge shou ld remain unchanged .

Attachment: Examiner's Brief