IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 8 December 2011 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20110015778 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 her record be corrected to show a basic appointment date of 21 March 2011. 2. The applicant states she reported to the Basic Officer Leader Course (BOLC) on 23 March 2011; however, she had been authorized 2 days of travel in her active duty orders so her appointment date should be 21 March 2011. 3. The applicant provides the following documents in support of her application: * Active Duty Orders * DA Form 71 (Oath of Office) * Marriage Certificate * Legal Name Change Memorandum * Officer Record Brief (ORB) CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant’s record contains Headquarters, United States Army Cadet Command Orders 060-002-A-3600, dated 1 March 2011, which assigned her to the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC), Fort Hood, Texas, with temporary duty at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to attend the BOLC. The orders also contained additional instructions stipulating the applicant would commence travel not earlier than 21 March 2011, and that she would be accessed for the month of March 2011, and enter active duty effective 21 March 2011. 2. In connection with the processing of this case an advisory opinion was obtained from the United States Army Cadet Command (USACC) Executive Officer to the USACC Command Nurse. This official states the applicant’s request should be favorably considered. She indicates in accordance with the applicable law, members will enter active duty on the date they begin travel, and the applicant’s orders stipulated she begin travel on 21 March 2011. 3. Army Regulation 601-100 (Appointment of Commissioned and Warrant Officers in the Regular Army (RA)) prescribes policy, eligibility requirements, and administrative procedures for the appointment of commissioned and warrant officers of the RA). It states the U.S. Army Human Resources Command or one of the special branches, as appropriate, will give assignment instructions for appointees in the RA and who were not on active duty as commissioned officers before their appointment. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. The applicant’s contention that her initial appointment date should be 21 March 2011 vice 23 March 2011 based on her initial RA assignment orders authorizing her to travel on that date has been carefully considered and found to have merit. 2. The evidence of record confirms the applicant’s initial RA assignment orders contained instructions authorizing her to begin travel on 21 March 2011, and that stipulated her active duty accession date would be 21 March 2011. As a result, it would be appropriate to correct her record to show her initial appointment date as 21 March 2011, the date she entered active duty in the RA. 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 showing her initial appointment date is 21 March 2011. _______ _ 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) AR20110015778 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20110015778 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1