PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           13 July 2000 
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999031732

	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	
	Ms. Antoinette Farley		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Jennifer L. Prater		Chairperson	
	Mr. Melvin H. Meyer		Member	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		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 two applications, that her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected to show her correct primary and secondary military occupational specialties (MOS’s) and to add an additional military educational course. 

3.  The applicant states, in essence, that her primary MOS was 67Y (Attack Helicopter Repairer), and she served in that MOS for 3 years and 1 month.  She submits a diploma showing graduation from the Attack Helicopter Repairer course at Fort Eustis, Virginia, on 17 August 1988;  a certification that she was tested in MOS 67Y in July 1989;  a promotion document showing that she was advanced to pay grade E-4 in MOS 67Y on 1 November 1989;  and a Certificate of Graduation from the Administrative Specialist Course 510-71L10 on 
19 February 1989.  She therefore contends that her DD Form 214 is incorrect.

4.  The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board.  However, the evidence with her application shows that she enlisted in the Regular Army on 
17 March 1988 for an unknown enlistment period.  She attended the MOS 67Y Attack Helicopter Repairer course at Fort Eustis, Virginia, from 20 May-17 August 1988.  However, there is no evidence that she was awarded this MOS as her primary MOS.  She appears then to have been assigned to an aviation company at Fort Carson, Colorado.  

5.  She then attended the Administrative Specialist Course 510-71L10 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and graduated on 19 February 1989.  However, the length of the course is not shown on the certificate of graduation.  The Board was able to determine that this course was 8 weeks in 1989.  

6.  Additional evidence with her application shows that she took a skill qualification test (SQT) in MOS 67Y in July 1989 and scored 82 points (maximum of 100 points).  However, this document does not show whether this was her primary MOS.  On 1 November 1989 she was advanced to pay grade E-4 in MOS 67Y.  

7.  On 25 March 1991, she was honorably separated from active duty and was transferred to the Army Reserve, by reason of being a sole parent.  Her DD Form 214, in item 11 (Primary Specialty) shows that her primary MOS was 71L10, Administrative Specialist, and that she held this MOS for 1 year and 4 months.  In item 12c (Record of Service-Net Active Service this Period), the entry was 
3 years, 6 months and 9 days.  

8.  In item14 (Military Education) she was credited with completion of the Army Attack Helicopter Repairer Course, 13 weeks (Aug 88) and a Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Officer Noncommissioned Officer Course, 2 weeks (Mar 89).  

9.  Army Regulation 635-5,  in effect in 1991, established the policies and procedures for completion and distribution of the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it stated that in item 11, only the primary MOS and title would be shown.  The secondary MOS and title would not be shown.  In item 13, military schooling, courses that could assist an individual attain a civilian job are listed, to include MOS producing and leadership schools, in excess of 40 hours.  The name of the course, the length of schooling and the month/year of completion are shown.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1. The Board notes that the applicant attended the Attack Helicopter Repairer Course (MOS 67Y) and completed it in August 1988 at the time of her entry into the Regular Army.  She took at least one SQT in that MOS and was advanced to pay grade E-4 in that MOS.  However, the Board also notes that she attended a MOS producing school in MOS 71L, graduating in February 1989.  

2.  There is no evidence provided by the applicant that she was serving in or held MOS 67Y as her primary MOS at the time she was discharged.  Rather, her DD Form 214 shows that she had performed primary duties in MOS 71L for at least 16 months at the time of her release from active duty.  

3.  Therefore, the Board presumes regularity, and in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the Board concludes that item 11 of the DD Form 214 is correct by showing her primary MOS as 71L.  A secondary MOS would not be shown on this form, such as 67Y in the applicant’s case.

4.  However, the Board notes that the applicant attended a MOS producing school in MOS 71L for 8 weeks, ending in February 1989.  Therefore, 
item 14 of the DD Form 214 should be corrected to show this additional military education. 

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by issuing to the individual concerned a DD Form 215 (Correction to DD Form 214) to show in item 14 that she completed an Administrative Specialist Course for 8 weeks and in February 1989.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__jlp___  __mhm___  _jea___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ______  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ______  DENY APPLICATION

		__Jennifer L. Prater    
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031732	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000713	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19910325	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200 	
DISCHARGE REASON	A100.05	
BOARD DECISION		
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	A100.07	
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