RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS


	IN THE CASE OF:	  


	BOARD DATE:	  13 May 2008
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20070014950 


	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.




Director



Analyst

      The following members, a quorum, were present:




Chairperson



Member



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 removal from his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) his nonjudicial punishment (NJP) under the provisions of Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice.

2.  The applicant states that the commander clearly indicated that the NJP was to be filed locally.

3.  The applicant provides a copy of the NJP.

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  At the time of his application, the applicant was a sergeant first class, pay grade E-7, serving on active duty as an Active Guard/Reserve (AGR).

2.  On 27 June 1994, the applicant, as a sergeant, pay grade E-5, accepted NJP for wrongfully and falsely altering his identification card.  The punishment included reduction to specialist, pay grade E-4, a forfeiture of $644.00 pay per month for 2 months (suspended); and 45 days extra duty 
(15 days suspended).  The imposing commander lined through Item 5, indicating that he did not intend for the NJP to be filed in either the Performance Section or the Restricted Section of the applicant's OMPF.  The applicant's appeal of the punishment was denied.

3.  In a memorandum dated 12 December 2007, the Department of the Army Suitability Evaluation Board (DASEB) considered the applicant's request to transfer the subject NJP from the Performance Section to the Restricted Section of his OMPF.  It determined that the NJP had served its intended purpose and approved the requested transfer.   The DASEB further stated that there was clear and convincing evidence to support the applicant's contention that the imposing commander intended to file the NJP locally.  The DASEB informed the applicant that authority to remove the NJP from his OMPF rested with the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR).  

4.  Army Regulation 600-8-104 (Military Personnel Information Management/Records) provides, in pertinent part, that once a document is placed in the official military personnel file, it becomes a permanent part of that file.  The document will not be removed from the file or moved to another part of the file unless directed by The Army Board for Correction of Military Records. 


DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record clearly shows that the applicant accepted NJP and that it has served its intended purpose.  Furthermore, the evidence substantiates the applicant's contention that the imposing commander did not intend to file the NJP in the applicant's OMPF.

2.  In view of the above, the NJP should be removed from his OMPF.

BOARD VOTE:

____X___  ___X ___  ___X ___  GRANT FULL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for relief.  As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by removing the nonjudical punishment, to include the DASEB Memorandum with enclosures dated 12 December 2007.




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                CHAIRPERSON

ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont)                                         AR20070014950



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