PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:             24 February 2000                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999029897

	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.  

	Mr. Joseph A. Adriance		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Celia L. Adolphi 		Chairperson	
	Mr. James P. Huber		Member	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson 		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, in effect, that she be credited for active duty time she served at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.  

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that she wants it recognized that she served on active duty at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.  She claims there is no record of this service contained on the computers at St. Louis and she encloses a copy of the order placing her on active duty and the order which released her from active duty, and directed return to her Army National Guard (ARNG) unit.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the Washington State ARNG for 1 year, under the provisions of the “Try One in the Guard Program”, on 23 March 1990.  At the time of this enlistment she had already completed 5 years, 9 months, and 4 days of prior Reserve Component service, and 3 months and 29 days of prior active duty service, which she completed in performing her initial active duty for training.  

5.  The record contains a copy of Orders Number 254-23, dated 11 September 1990, issued by Headquarters, Military Department, State of Washington, Office of the Adjutant General, Camp Murray, Tacoma, Washington, which ordered the applicant to active duty, effective 12 October 1990, for 90 days.  The purpose of the active duty was to attend the medical specialist course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.  

6.  On 30 November 1990, Headquarters, Fifth United States Army & Fort Sam Houston, Texas issued a 2nd endorsement to Orders Number 254-23, which released the applicant from active duty, effective 5 December 1990, and directed she return to her ARNG unit.  On her release date the applicant had completed 
1 month and 24 days of active service.  

7.  On 21 March 1991, the applicant was separated from the Washington ARNG with a general, under honorable conditions discharge.  It also shows she was separated, under the provisions of Paragraphs 8-3d and 8-27g of ARNG Regulation 600-200, by reason of continuous and willful absences.  

8.  The applicant was issued a National Guard Bureau (NGB) Form 22 (Report of Separation and Record of Service) at the time of her separation, which shows that she completed 11 months and 29 days of ARNG service on her current enlistment; 5 years, 9 months, and 4 days of prior Reserve Component service; 
3 months and 29 days of prior active service; and a total of 7 years, 1 month, and 2 days of service for pay.  

9.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents) prescribes the separation documents which are prepared for individuals upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service.  Paragraph 1-4 states, in pertinent part, that under normal circumstances a soldier will be issued a DD Form 214 only after completing 90 days or more of continuous ADT, FTTD, or active duty support.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  After carefully examining the evidence of record the Board found that the applicant completed 1 month and 29 days of active military service that was not accounted for on the NGB Form 22 issued to her at discharge.  

2.  The period of active duty served by the applicant at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, between 12 October and 5 December 1990, did not cover 90 days and therefore, was not sufficient to issue a DD Form 214.  However, the service is well documented in Orders issued to the applicant and in her personnel qualification record (DA Form 2-1).  

3.  Although the Board has no authority to correct State ARNG records, governed under Title 32, the Board is of the opinion that in so far as the Department of the Army is concerned, it would be in the best interest of justice to correct the ARNG records of the individual concerned as recommended below: 

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected showing that the individual concerned completed 1 month and 24 days of active duty, between 12 October and 5 December 1990.

BOARD VOTE:  

__cla____  __jph___  ___mvt__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029897	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2000/02/24	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	GD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	1991/03/21	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	NGR 600-200 C8	
DISCHARGE REASON	Continuous and Willful Absences	
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1. 233	113.0000	
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