PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  15 June 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999034511

	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. Paul A. Petty		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Orville W. Troesch		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		Member	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman		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 his reenlistment date of 2 February 1996 be changed to 20 November 1995 with entitlement to a Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) Zone 2A for MOS 18D based on E-5 pay; and that his reenlistment of 4 November 1999 show that he is entitled to a SRB Zone 2B for MOS 18D based on E-6 pay.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that he reenlisted on 2 February 1996, the day after his promotion to E-6, to obtain a larger SRB.  He did not know until recently that by doing so, he lost another SRB for which he was eligible had he reenlisted on 20 November 1995.  He had not filed for a correction earlier as he did not know until recently that he could request a correction of this error.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 21 November 1989 for a 4 year 17 week term of service.  He rose to the grade of E-5 on 1 April 1993.  He completed training for the MOS 18D, Special Forces Medical Sergeant, on 3 November 1995.  At that point, he had served for just under 6 years.  He was promoted to E-6 on 1 February 1996 and reenlisted on 
2 February 1996 for a 4 year term of service with the SRB-2B (Zone 2) for MOS 18D at E-6 pay.  He continued to serve and reenlisted on 4 November 1999 for a 5 year term of service with no reenlistment bonus.  He reenlisted as an E-6 in the MOS 18D.

5.  According the AR 601-280, the SRB Program is a monetary incentive offered to qualified soldiers who reenlist in the Regular Army for continued duty in certain MOSs.  The SRB is designed to increase the number of reenlistments in critical MOSs and is paid by specialty and grade within established zones. The three zones are:

(1) Zone A - reenlistment between 21 months and six years of active 
service.
(2) Zone B - reenlistment between six to 10 years of active service. 
(3) Zone C - reenlistment from 10 to 14 years of active service.  
	(Zone C bonuses have not been applied since 31 Jan 86.)

Fifty percent of the awarded bonus is paid at the time of reenlistment. The remaining bonus amount is paid in equal annual installments over the reenlistment contract.

6.  A 21 April 2000 advisory opinion from the PERSCOM states that the applicant’s MOS 18D is eligible for a SRB.  The PERSCOM recommends that the applicant’s reenlistment date of 2 February 1996 be changed to 20 November 1995 with entitlement to the SRB-2A for MOS 18D based on E-5 pay; and that his reenlistment of 4 November 1999 show that he is entitled to SRB-2B for 

MOS 18D based on E-6 pay.  The applicant concurred with this opinion on 
28 April 2000.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  As a matter of justice and fairness, the applicant’s reenlistment date of 
2 February 1996 should be changed to 20 November 1995 with entitlement to SRB-2A for MOS 18D based on E-5 pay; and his reenlistment of 4 November 1999 should show that he is entitled to SRB-2B for MOS 18D based on E-6 pay.

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 for the individual concerned by:

	a.  changing his reenlistment date of 2 February 1996 to 20 November 1995;

b.  showing on his 20 November 1995 enlistment that he is entitled to 
SRB-2A for MOS 18D based on E-5 pay;

	c.  showing on his 4 November 1999 reenlistment that he is entitled to SRB-2B for MOS 18D based on E-6 pay; and

	d.  paying him the resulting adjusted bonuses according to the regulatory SRB bonus payment schedule.

BOARD VOTE:  

__OT___  __MT____  ___KN___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Orville W. Troesch_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999034511	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000615	
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         1.112.11	Bonus	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.