AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL DOCUMENT  
	CASE NUMBER

 FD-2021-00483

GENERAL:  The applicant was discharged on 4 October 2019 in accordance with AFI 36-3209 with an Honorable discharge for transfer to the USAF Retired Reserve List.  The applicant appealed for a change to the reenlistment eligibility code.  The Board was conducted on 2 December 2021.

The applicant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (DRB), but declined and requested the board be completed based on a records only review.  The applicant was not represented by counsel. 

The attached examiner’s brief (provided to applicant only), extracted from available service records, contains pertinent data regarding the circumstances and character of the applicant’s military service. 
  
FINDING:  The DRB voted unanimously to deny the applicant’s request to change the reenlistment eligibility code.

DISCUSSION:  The DRB, under its responsibility to examine the propriety and equity of an applicant’s discharge, is authorized to change the characterization of service and the narrative reason for discharge if such changes are warranted.  If applicable, the board can also change the applicant’s reenlistment eligibility code.  In reviewing discharges, the board presumes regularity in the conduct of governmental affairs unless there is substantial credible evidence to rebut the presumption, to include evidence submitted by the applicant.  The Board completed a thorough review of the circumstances that led to the discharge and the discharge process to determine if the discharge met the pertinent standards of equity and propriety.  

The applicant made no contentions that the discharge was inequitable or improper.  He requested his reenlistment eligibility code be changed to allow him to continue to serve in the military.  

A review of the record revealed the applicant served over 20 years in the military and was placed on the USAF Retired Reserve List on 4 October 2019 and received reenlistment eligibility code 6I.  In accordance with AFI 36-2606 Reenlistment and Extension of Enlistment in the United States Air Force, the narrative reason for this code is a retirement application has been submitted.  As the applicant applied for retirement and was placed on the USAF Retired Reserve List, the DRB determined the appropriate code was issued to the applicant.  The Board reviewed the applicant’s entire service record and found no evidence of impropriety or inequity to warrant any changes to the discharge.    

CONCLUSION:  The Board found insufficient evidence of an inequity or impropriety that would warrant a change to the applicant’s discharge.  Therefore, the reenlistment eligibility received by the applicant was deemed to be appropriate and his request was not approved. 

The DRB results were approved by the board president on 12 December 2021.  

If desired, the applicant can request a list of the board members and their votes by writing to:  
Air Force Review Boards Agency
Attn: Discharge Review Board
3351 Celmers Lane
Joint Base Andrews, NAF Washington, MD 20762-6602  

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Attachment:  Examiner's Brief (Applicant Only)