IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 19 September 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160014810 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 IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 19 September 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160014810 BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: 1. The Board determined the evidence presented is sufficient to warrant a recommendation for partial relief. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by awarding the applicant the Army Good Conduct Medal (1st Award) for the period 29 March 1983 to 28 March 1986 and adding it to his DD Form 214. 2. The Board further determined the evidence presented is insufficient to warrant a portion of the requested relief. As a result, the Board recommends denial of so much of the application that pertains to any additional awards or decorations. ____________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. IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 19 September 2018 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160014810 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: * Army Good Conduct Medal * Expert Field Medical Badge * any other awards to which he might be entitled 2. The applicant states he served for three years but did not receive the Army Good Conduct Medal. He served as a combat medic and was awarded the Expert Field Medical Badge. 3. The applicant provides his DD Form 214. 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 enlisted in the Regular Army on 29 March 1983. He completed training and was awarded the military occupational specialty (MOS) 91A (Medical Specialist). 3. The applicant's DA Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record – Part II) shows his only duty assignment after training was with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment at Fort Carson, CO. It lists his awards as the Army Service Ribbon, Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Rifle Bar, and Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Grenade Bar. 4. He was honorably released from active duty on 28 March 1986. His DD Form 214 shows he was awarded or authorized the Army Service Ribbon, Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qualification Badge, and Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Grenade Bar. 5. The applicant's record contains no derogatory entries, disciplinary actions, nonjudicial punishments, or court-martials that would suggest he was considered not eligible for award of the Army Good Conduct Medal. 6. The available records do not contain orders awarding him the Expert Field Medical Badge. REFERENCES: Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) states: a. The Army Good Conduct Medal is awarded to individuals who distinguish themselves by their conduct, efficiency and fidelity during a qualifying period of active duty enlisted service. This period is 3 years except in those cases when the period for the first award ends with the termination of a period of active Federal military service. Although there is no automatic entitlement to the Good Conduct Medal, disqualification must be justified. Current practice requires that the commander provide written notice of nonfavorable consideration and permits the individual to respond. b. To be eligible for the Expert Field Medical Badge, enlisted personnel must: 1) Hold a primary MOS in the Medical Career Management Field or an MOS of 18D (Special Forces Medical Sergeant). 2) Be on active duty or assigned to a troop program unit in a Reserve Component unit or an Army Medical Department mobilization augmentation agency. 3) Successfully test for and be awarded the badge by a commander in the grade of lieutenant colonel or above who is authorized to conduct the test and award the badge. DISCUSSION: 1. The applicant completed 3 years of active duty service honorably, and the record contains no indication of any disqualifying incidents or recommendations that would preclude the award of the Army Good Conduct Medal for the period 29 March 1983 to 28 March 1986. 2. The available records contain no evidence confirming the applicant successfully tested for and was awarded the Expert Field Medical Badge. 3. The available record contains no evidence of entitlement to or authorization for any other awards. //NOTHING FOLLOWS// ABCMR Record of Proceedings AR20150000953 Enclosure 1 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20160014810 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20160014810 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 2