IN THE CASE OF:	  

		BOARD DATE:	  1 March 2012

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20110017466 


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 correction of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show a fourth award of the Army Superior Unit Award (ASUA).

2.  The applicant states he recently discovered that the U.S. Army Military Observer Group (USMOG)-Washington was awarded the ASUA during the time he was assigned to it.

3.  The applicant provides:

* orders for the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with 4th Oak Leaf Cluster which show he was assigned to USMOG during the period August 2004 to July 2005
* permanent orders for the ASUA, dated 6 May 2009

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant entered active duty on 16 August 1982 and he retired in the rank of lieutenant colonel on 31 August 2010.

2.  His DD Form 214 shows the ASUA (3rd Award) in the awards section.

3.  His service personnel records do not contain any orders for the ASUA.

4.  He provides U.S. Army Human Resources Command Permanent 
Orders 126-05, dated 6 May 2009, which show USMOG-Washington was awarded the ASUA for the period 1 March 2003 to 31 December 2006.

5.  His Officer Record Brief, dated 8 February 2010, shows three awards of the ASUA in the awards and decorations section.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) states the ASUA was created in 1985 to recognize outstanding meritorious performance by a unit in completing a difficult and challenging mission under extraordinary circumstances during peacetime.  The criteria for award also requires that the unit display such outstanding devotion and superior performance so as to set it apart from and above other units with similar missions, defines "peacetime" as any period where wartime awards were not authorized in the geographic area in which the mission was executed, precludes award for purely humanitarian operations, and precludes award if the act has already been recognized by another unit award.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant contends he is entitled to a fourth award of the ASUA.

2.  The evidence shows he received three awards of the ASUA which are properly reflected on his DD Form 214, but these ASUA orders are not available.  Without these ASUA orders, it cannot be determined if the permanent orders provided by the applicant are, in fact, a fourth award of the ASUA.  Therefore, there is insufficient evidence on which to base adding a fourth award of the ASUA to his DD Form 214 at this time.

3.  If the applicant can provide all four ASUA orders, he may submit a request for reconsideration.

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 the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.



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       	   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.

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