BOARD DATE: 23 September 2010 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20100007953 THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE: 1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any). 2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any). THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests his Under Other Than Honorable Conditions (UOTHC) discharge be upgraded to an honorable discharge. 2. The applicant states he had 9 years of exemplary service and he does not believe 3 months of bad behavior should ruin him the rest of his life. 3. The applicant does not provide any additional documents. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicant’s failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so. While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant’s failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing. 2. The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 19 July 1983. He completed the training requirements and he was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 76P (Materiel Control and Accounting Specialist) and sergeant/pay grade E-5 was the highest rank that he achieved. 3. On 24 September 1992, the applicant accepted nonjudicial punishment (NJP) under Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice, for going from his appointed place of duty without authority, failing to go at the time prescribed to his appointed place of duty, and dereliction in the performance of his duties in that he failed to supervise and assist in the detail of taking down camouflage nets. 4. On 22 January 1993, the applicant accepted NJP for unlawfully entering the barracks room of a female Soldier and being disorderly by rubbing the left leg of the female Soldier without her consent; unlawfully entering the barracks room of second female Soldier and causing a breach of peace by wrongfully shouting "All company C females are Ho's, there is one of those little white Ho's right there" and "All white women are a bunch of whores" or words to that effect; and unlawfully enter the barracks room of a third female Soldier and being disorderly by making innuendos of a sexual nature to a female. 5. The applicant's discharge packet is not contained in the available military records. However, his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) shows that on 26 March 1993, he was discharged under the provisions of chapter 14, Army Regulation 635-200, due to misconduct, commission of a serious offense with an UOTHC discharge. He had completed 9 years, 8 months, and 8 days of active service. 6. Army Regulation 635-200 (Enlisted Separations) sets forth the basic authority for the separation of enlisted personnel. Paragraph 14-12c applies to the separation of individuals who committed a serious military or civil offense, if the specific circumstance of the offense warrant separation and a punitive discharge would be authorized for the same or a closely related offense under the manual for courts-martial. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. While the reason for the applicant's discharge is not a matter of record, he accepted NJP on two occasions for a number of serious offenses. 2. As such, regularity must be presumed that what the Army did was correct. 3. The applicant has not submitted any evidence or argument which would warrant changing a properly issued discharge. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ___x____ ____x___ ___x_____ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned. _______ _ x______ ___ CHAIRPERSON I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case. ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20100007953 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20100007953