PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            5 April 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999029366

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.  

	Ms. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	
	Mr. Lester Echols		Member	

	The applicant and counsel if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show award of the Good Conduct Medal, the Expert Qualification Badge with Pistol Bar and the Drivers Badge with Driver-W Bar.  He also requests that item 22b (Total Active Service) of his DD Form 214 be corrected to show 3 years and 2 days instead of 1 year, 9 months and 2 days; and that item 25 (Education and Training Completed) be corrected to show completion of  Advanced Individual Military Police Training.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that he is entitled to the aforementioned awards, that his total active service is incorrect on his DD Form 214 and that his military police training is not shown on his DD Form 214.  In support of his application, he submits a copy of his DD Form 214; orders for the Good Conduct Medal, the Expert Qualification Badge with Pistol Bar and the Drivers Badge with Driver-W Bar; and a copy of his Certificate of Training for Advanced Individual Military Police Training.    

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 15 September 1965 for a period of 3 years.  He served as a military policeman and was honorably discharged on 17 June 1968.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the Good Conduct Medal, the Expert Qualification Badge with Pistol Bar or the Drivers Badge with Driver-W Bar as authorized awards.  Item 22b (Total Active Service) of the DD Form 214 shows he served 1 year, 9 months and 2 days.  Item 25 (Education and Training Completed) does not show that the applicant completed military police training. 

6.  A DD Form 215 (Correction to DD Form 214), issued on 4 June 1971, amends item 22b (Total Active Service) of the applicant’s DD Form 214 to show 2 years, 9 months and 3 days.

7.  Headquarters Troop Command United States Army Training Center General Orders Number 82, dated 19 June 1968, shows that the applicant was awarded the Good Conduct Medal.

8.  Headquarters Troop Command United States Army Training Center Special Orders Number 79, dated 22 May 1968, shows that the applicant was awarded the Expert Qualification Badge with Pistol Bar.

9.  Headquarters Troop Command US Garrison Special Orders Number 179, dated 10 October 1967, shows that the applicant was awarded the Drivers Badge with Driver-W Bar.

10.  The applicant’s personnel records show he enlisted on 15 September 1965 and was released from active duty on 17 June 1968, for a total of 2 years,
9 months and 3 days of active service.   
11.  The applicant provided a Certificate of Training, dated 18 February 1966, which shows he completed Advanced Individual Military Police Training at Fort Gordon, Georgia.  His records show that he commenced training in military occupational specialty (MOS) 95B (military policeman) on 3 December 1965 at Fort Gordon, Georgia, that he successfully completed the training and was awarded MOS 95B on 28 January 1966. 

12.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the policies and procedures for completion and distribution of the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part it states that item 25 (Education and Training Completed) will list formal in service training courses successfully completed during the period of service covered by title, length in weeks, and month and year completed.  This information is to assist the soldier after separation in job placement and counseling; therefore, training courses for combat skills are not listed.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the Expert Qualification Badge with Pistol Bar and the Drivers Badge with Driver-W Bar.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show these awards.

2.  The Board noted the applicant’s contention that his total active service should be 3 years and 2 days instead of 1 year, 9 months and 2 days on his DD Form 214.  The Board also noted that a DD Form 215 amended the applicant’s total active service on his DD Form 214 to reflect 2 years, 9 months and 3 days.  Evidence of record shows the applicant served from 15 September 1965 to
17 June 1968, a total of 2 years, 9 months and 3 days of active service.  Therefore, the applicant’s DD Form 215 issued on 4 June 1971 amending his total active service on his DD Form 214 is correct as currently constituted.  

3.  The applicant completed the Advanced Individual Military Police Training course.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show this course.

4.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records, but only as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected:

a.  by showing the entries “Good Conduct Medal”, “Expert Qualification Badge with Pistol Bar” and “Drivers Badge with Driver-W Bar” in item 24 (Decorations, Medals, Badges, Commendations, Citations and Campaign Ribbons Awarded or Authorized) on the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned; and

	b.  by showing the entry “Advanced Individual Military Police Training 
8 Weeks January 1966” in item 25 (Education and Training Completed) on his DD Form 214.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

RVO____  SK_____  LE______  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029366	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000405	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19680617	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR635-200 	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0056	
2.	107.0108	
3.	107.0126	
4.	129.0100	
5.	100.0700	
6.