PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:            19 August 1999                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999015647

	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	
	Mr. Lee Cates		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Calvin M. Fowler		Chairperson	
	Ms. Celia L. Adolphia		Member	
	Mr. Melvin H. Meyer		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 that her records be corrected to show completion of an Army training course.

3.  The applicant states that she completed the Network Switching Systems Operator-Maintainer Course.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the Army on 8 July 1997.  She completed her required training and was awarded military occupational specialty 31F (Network Switching Systems Operator-Maintainer).

5.  On 5 June 1998, she was honorably separated under Army Regulation 635-200, paragraph 5-11, for her failure to meet procurement medical fitness standards.  Her Report of Separation indicates she had 10 months and 28 days of creditable service.

6.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Personnel Separation Documents) indicates, in pertinent part, that formal in-service training courses completed during the current term of service will be entered on the separation document.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows she completed the training she requests be placed on her Report of Separation.

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 on her Report of Separation, block 18 (Military Education) completion of the Network Switching Systems Operator-Maintainer Course, 16 weeks, 1998.

BOARD VOTE: 

cmf_____  cla_____  mhm_____ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________ DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999015647	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	1999 August 19	
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         1.110	Training course on 214	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.