RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 6 October 2005 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050001641 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. Stephanie Thompkins Analyst The following members, a quorum, were present: Mr. Curtis L. Greenway Chairperson Mr. Richard T. Dunbar Member Ms. Laverne V. Berry Member The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including advisory opinion, if any). THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests correction to his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), dated 20 June 2004, to reflect his two overseas annual training events. He also requests his DD Form 214 be corrected by adding the Army Reserve Overseas Training Ribbon. 2. The applicant states that he participated in two overseas annual training events and this annual training should be added. He completed annual training in the Republic of Kiribati and Egypt. He also states that a clerical error on his final discharge left off his Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon and he earned the ribbon. 3. The applicant provides copies of his Reserve annual training orders and his DD Form 214. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant submits his Orders 166-032, dated 27 June 1989, that show as a member of the United States Army Reserve (USAR), he was ordered to annual training for 20 days effective 2 August 1989. 2. He also submits his Orders 142-009, dated 12 May 1993, that show, as a member of the USAR, he was ordered to annual training for the period 6 July to 26 July 1993. 3. The applicant's military records show he enlisted in the Regular Army, in pay grade E-4, effective 22 July 1994, with prior service. 4. He was discharged from active duty for disability retirement, in pay grade E-6, effective 20 June 2004. His DD Form 214 shows he was credited with 11 months and 17 days prior active service and 11 months and 1 day foreign service. 5. Army Regulation 635-5 prescribes the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army. The regulation specifies that the DD Form 214 is a summary of a Soldier's most recent period of continuous active duty. A DD Form 214 will be prepared for Reserve Components Soldiers completing 90 days or more of continuous active duty for training. 6. Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides the policy for Army awards. It provides that the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon is awarded to members of the Reserve Components for successful completion of annual training or active duty for training for a period not less than 10 consecutive days on foreign soil (outside the 50 states, the District of Columbia and US possessions and territories). The ribbon may be awarded retroactively to personnel who successfully completed annual training or active duty for training on foreign soil in a Reserve status prior to 11 July 1984, provided they have an active status in the Reserve Components on or after 11 July 1984. 7. Army Regulation 600-8-22 also provides that numerals are issued instead of a ribbon for the second and succeeding award of the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. The evidence of record shows the applicant was ordered to annual training in 1989 and 1993 as a member of the USAR prior to his enlistment in the Regular Army on 22 July 1994. 2. While on annual training for these periods, the applicant was deployed to Kiribati and Egypt, respectively. Each of these deployments were for periods in excess of 10 days. 3. Even though DD Forms 214 were not authorized nor prepared for the applicant’s 1989 and 1993 periods of annual training, the applicant qualified for award of the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon for each period and is entitled to have these awards shown on his DD Form 214 dated 20 June 2004. Therefore, he is entitled to have the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon with Numeral 2 added to his DD Form 214. 4. The applicant has not satisfactorily shown that the 11 months and 17 days total prior active service and 11 months and 1 day foreign service listed on his DD Form 214, dated 20 June 2004, did not include his overseas annual training for each period in 1989 and 1993. 5. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF _RTD___ _LVB____ __CLG__ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: 1. The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for partial relief. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by adding the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon with Numeral 2 to his DD Form 214, with an effective date of separation of 20 June 2004. 2. The Board further determined that the evidence presented is insufficient to warrant a portion of the requested relief. As a result, the Board recommends denial of so much of the application that pertains to the addition of his two overseas annual training periods to his DD Form 214. _ Curtis L. Greenway_______ CHAIRPERSON INDEX CASE ID AR20050001641 SUFFIX RECON DATE BOARDED 2005/10/06 TYPE OF DISCHARGE DATE OF DISCHARGE DISCHARGE AUTHORITY DISCHARGE REASON BOARD DECISION GRANT REVIEW AUTHORITY ISSUES 1. 107.00 2. 110.00 3. 4. 5. 6.