PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:               22 September 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:      AR1999015551

	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. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Ms. Beverly A. Young		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		Member	
	Mr. John P. Infante		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 her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show award of the Armed Forces Service Medal (AFSM), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Medal and the Superior Unit Award (correctly known as the Army Superior Unit Award).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that these awards should be shown on her DD Form 214.  In support of her application, she submits a copy of her DD Form 214 and temporary duty (TDY) orders.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she was commissioned as first lieutenant (1LT) in the U.S. Army Reserve on 17 May 1993.  She was ordered to active duty on 15 June 1993 and completed training as a clinical psychologist. The applicant served in Bosnia from 12 January 1996 to 27 August 1996 and was honorably released from active duty on 30 June 1997.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the NATO Medal or the Army Superior Unit Award (ASUA) as authorized awards.  Her discharge document does show the Armed Forces Service Medal as an authorized award.  Therefore, the Armed Forces Service Medal is not discussed further in this proceeding.  The Board notes that the applicant is entitled to award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal which is also not shown on her DD Form 214.

6.  Army Personnel Command Message Number 96-068 with a Date/Time Group of 081020Z December 1995 authorized award of the NATO Medal for service in support of operations in the former Republic of Yugoslavia.

7.  Army Personnel Command Message Number 99-100 with a Date/Time Group of 121605Z March 1999 authorized award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in support of operations in the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

8.  Records show that the applicant was a member of Headquarters, Headquarters Company (HHC), 30th Medical Brigade (Forward) while deployed to Bosnia.  Orders show this unit was assigned to Task Force Eagle in Bosnia.  Department of the Army General Orders Number 15-97, dated 11 April 1997, awarded the ASUA to the 1st Armored Division and all other units assigned to Task Force Eagle.

9.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides, in pertinent part, for award of the Army Superior Unit Award (ASUA).  It is awarded for outstanding meritorious performance of a difficult and challenging mission under extraordinary circumstances during peacetime.  The criteria for award also requires that the unit display such outstanding devotion and superior performance so as to set it apart and above other units with similar missions, defines peacetime as any period where wartime awards were not authorized in the geographic area in which the mission was executed, precludes award for purely humanitarian operations, and precludes award if the act has been recognized by another unit award.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Based on the applicant’s service in Bosnia from 12 January to 27 August 1996; she is entitled to correction of her records to show award of the NATO Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

2.  The applicant was assigned to a unit that was cited for award of the Army Superior Unit Award; therefore, she is entitled to correction of her records to show this award.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing the individual concerned was awarded the NATO Medal, the Army Superior Unit Award and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

MKP_____ CLG_____  JPI____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Margaret K. Patterson_
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999015551	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	19990922	
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.	107.00	
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