BOARD DATE: 9 May 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160011357 BOARD VOTE: _________ _______ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ___X_____ ____X____ ___X_____ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION 2 Enclosures 1. Board Determination/Recommendation 2. Evidence and Consideration BOARD DATE: 9 May 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160011357 BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The Board determined the evidence presented is 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 adding the Basic Aviation Badge to his DD Form 214. _____________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. BOARD DATE: 9 May 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160011357 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 award of the Basic Aviation Badge (formerly known as Aircraft Crew Member Badge). 2. The applicant states: a. He earned the badge in 2011 while deployed as an enroute critical care nurse assigned to two separate medical evacuation units flying missions over Afghanistan. His rotation did not line up with the medical evacuation units so he left before the second unit he was with did and they failed to submit his paperwork for the badge. b. In 2012, he contacted the Inspector General (IG). At that time he was waiting on the Nurse Corps to make a decision if nurses could wear the badge. By the summer of 2015 a decision was made and he contacted the IG again and the paperwork was submitted. However, the IG was having issues getting the paperwork routed to the appropriate people. He was told to route it through his local command and that failed. After checking out of his unit, the IG contacted him and wanted him to send the paperwork again, but since he was on terminal leave he decided to send the case to the Army Review Board. 3. The applicant provides: * email, dated 3 February 2016 * DA Form 4187 (Personnel Action), dated 27 July 2012 * DA Forms 759 (Individual Flight Record and Flight Certificate – Army) * certificates of training * diploma CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. Having prior enlisted service in the Regular Army, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Army National Guard, the applicant was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 1 August 2008. He was promoted to captain effective 1 October 2011. 2. He served in Afghanistan from 27 June 2011 to 21 December 2011. 3. He provided: a. A DA Form 759, dated 13 August 2011, showing he was placed on flight status effective 5 July 2011. b. Flight records showing he completed 63.7 combat and 56.2 non-combat hours as a helicopter crew member in Afghanistan during the period 5 July 2011 to 19 December 2011. 4. He provided a DA Form 4187, dated 27 July 2012, requesting award of the Basic Aviation Badge. The Commander, Madigan Healthcare System, Tacoma, WA, recommended approval of the badge on 12 October 2012. 5. On 29 March 2016, he retired by reason of permanent disability. 6. His DD Form 214 does not show the Basic Aviation Badge as an authorized award. 7. There are no orders for the Basic Aviation Badge in his available records. REFERENCES: Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) states to be eligible for award of the Basic Aviation Badge, individuals must meet one of the following criteria: a. Successful completion of formal advanced individual training in one of the following career management fields (CMFs) or MOSs listed below: (1) CMF 15 (2) CMF 67 (from 7 April 1983 through 31 August 2005) (3) MOS 68 (from 31 December 1985 through 30 September 2003) (4) MOS 93C and 93P (after 31 December 1985); 93B (from 7 April 1983 through 1 January 1998); 93D (from 7 April 1983 through 30 September 1996) (5) MOS 71P (prior to 30 June 1984) (6) MOS 96U (from 1 April 1991 through 30 September 2007) (7) MOS 35K (from 1 April 2007 through 31 October 2008) b. Be on flying status in accordance with Army Regulation 600-106 (Flying Status for Nonrated Army Aviation Personnel) or granted a waiver by Headquarters, U.S. Army Human Resources Command (AHRC–PLP–I), and have performed aerial observer, crewmember, nonrated, or noncrewmember flying duties for not less than 12 months (not necessarily consecutive) or by logging not less than 48 flight hours (whichever comes first). c. Be on flying status in accordance with Army Regulation 600-106 (see flying status for nonrated personnel) or granted a waiver by Headquarters, U.S. Army Human Resources Command (AHRC–PDP–I), and assigned to a Joint Service Airborne Command Post, serving as a member of an operational team for not less than 12 months (not necessarily consecutive) or by logging not less than 48 flight hours (whichever comes first). d. Have been incapacitated from further flight duty by reason of being wounded as a result of enemy action, or injured as the result of an aircraft accident for which he or she was not personally responsible, or has participated in at least 15 combat missions, under probable exposure to enemy fire while on flying status in accordance with Army Regulation 600-106 (see flying status for nonrated personnel) and while serving in a valid paragraph and line number as coded in the Army Authorization Documents System. e. Meet the criteria for award of the Army Astronaut device and not otherwise be authorized an Aviator, Flight Surgeon, or Aviation Badge. DISCUSSION: 1. The applicant contends he earned the Basic Aviation Badge in 2011 while deployed as an enroute critical care nurse assigned to two separate medical evacuation units flying missions over Afghanistan. 2. The evidence shows he was placed on flight status effective 5 July 2011 and he logged 63.7 combat and 56.2 non-combat hours as a helicopter crew member in Afghanistan during the period 5 July 2011 to 19 December 2011. As a result, he met the qualifications for award of the Basic Aviation Badge. His DD Form 214 does not show this badge. //NOTHING FOLLOWS// ABCMR Record of Proceedings AR20150000953 Enclosure 1 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20160011357 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20160011357 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 2