PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           22 August 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999030707

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. Kenneth H. Aucock		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Edward Williamson		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson 		Member	
	Mr. Kenneth W. Lapin		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 a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) of 1A/0 in accordance with the provisions of MILPER message number 98-168.

3.  The applicant states that he was assigned to an airborne position at the time of his reenlistment and was subsequently assigned to an airborne position with Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry (Airborne) in Vicenza, Italy.  His reenlistment NCO stated that he would receive the SRB if he were assigned to an airborne position.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army for 3 years on 26 September 1996, for training as a unit supply specialist, MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) 92Y, and airborne training.  A 9 February 1997 order awarded the applicant the parachute badge and the MOS of 92Y1P (the “P” indicating airborne qualified).  The applicant, then in pay grade E-4, reenlisted for 4 years on 1 October 1998 for an assignment to Europe.  His unit at the time of his reenlistment was Company D, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

5.  Information obtained from the enlisted distribution and assignment system (EDAS) shows that the applicant was assigned to HHC, 1st Battalion,             508th Infantry (Airborne) in the duty MOS of 92Y1P on 3 May 1999. 

6.  MILPER message number 98-168 indicates that an SRB multiplier of 1A/0 for pay grade E-4 and MOS 92Y with a “P” special qualification indicator, was in effect at the time of the applicant’s reenlistment in October 1998.  The point of contact on that message stated to an analyst of this Board on 2 August 2000, that frequently soldiers who reenlist for an overseas assignment do not know the unit of assignment until their actual arrival in the overseas area.  Consequently, as in the applicant’s case, a bonus could not be paid at the time of his reenlistment.  She then stated that the applicant’s assignment in his MOS, in an airborne position, entitled him to the SRB.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is entitled to an SRB of 1A/0 based on his reenlistment for          4 years on 1 October 1998.  He should be paid that bonus in accordance with current policy and procedures. 

2.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the applicant is entitled to an SRB of 1A/0 because of his reenlistment in the Army for 4 years on 1 October 1998.  He should be paid that bonus in accordance with current policy and procedures.  

BOARD VOTE:  

___mvt__  ___kwl__  ___ew___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030707	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000822	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT 	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  1025	128.05	
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