AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

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1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD

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2  APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4 BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL' SRELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL  APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE  HEARING

lll!ARINC DATE	CASENUMBER

19Jul 2013	FD-2013-00216

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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* CHANGE REASON AND AUTHORITY TO SECRETARIAL

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SAFIMRBR
550 CSTREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742

SECR£TARY OFTH£ AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL AIR FORCEDISCHARGE REVl.EW BOARD
15.l5 COMMAND DR. EE WING. 3RD FLOOR
ANDREWS AfB,MD l0'76l-7001

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

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE	CASE NUMBER

FD-2013-00216	

GENERAL:  The applicant appeals to change the reason and authority for the discharge and to change the reenlistment code.

The applicant was offered a personal  appearance before the Discharge  Review Board  (DRB) but declined and requests that the review be completed based on the available service record.

The attached brief contains available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors leading to the discharge.

FINDING:   The Board grants the requested relief.

ISSUE:   Applicant received an Honorable discharge for Homosexual Admission

Applicant appeals to the Discharge Review Board (DRB) for a change in her discharge pursuant to the September 20, 2011 memorandum from Under Secretary of Defense, to Secretaries of the Military Departments on "Correction of Military Records Following Repeal of Section 654 of Title 10, United States Code."	The Discharge Review Bo,ard may grant requests based on the aforementioned memorandum repealing the Department of Defense "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy when the Board finds the discharge was based solely on this policy and there were no aggravating factors in the record, such as
misconduct.  Accordingly, upon review of the applicant's entire record, the Board determined a change to the narrative reason and authority for the discharge and the change of reenlistment code are justified.

CONCLUSION: 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 the applicant was provided full administrative due process.

However, in view of the foregoing findings, the Board concludes that the overall quality of applicant's service is more accurately described as Secretarial Authority and the reenlistment code changed to 3K under the provisions of Title 10, USC 1553.

Attachment: Examiner's Brief