Application Receipt Date: 060725 Prior Review Prior Review Date: None I. Applicant Request Request: Upgrade Reason Change RE Code Change Issues: See applicant's attached DD Form 293. II. Were Proper Discharge and Separation Authority procedures followed? Yes No Tender Offer: ????? See Attachments: Legal Medical Minority Opinion Exhibits III. Original Character of Discharge Unit CDR Recommended Discharge: Date: NIF Discharge Received: Date: 940111 Chapter: 8 NGR: 600-200 Reason: None RE: SPD: None Unit/Location: 824th Medical Detachement, Brooklyn, New York 11206-4897 Time Lost: None Article 15s (Charges/Dates/Punishment): None Court-Martials (Charges/Dates/Punishment): None Counseling Records Available: Yes No IV. Soldier’s Overall Record DOB: 740422 Current ENL Date: OAD/940111 Current ENL Term: 00 Years 15 Weeks Current ENL Service: 00 Yrs, 00Mos, 00Days ????? Total Service: 00 Yrs, 04Mos, 12Days ????? Previous Discharges: ARNG-930830-940110/NA Concurrent Service Highest Grade: E1 Performance Ratings Available: Yes No MOS: None GT: NIF EDU: HS Grad Overseas: None Combat: None Decorations/Awards: None V. Post-Discharge Activity Home of Record: Current Address: Post Service Accomplishments: None Listed VI. Facts, Circumstances, and Legal Basis for Separation a. Facts and Circumstances: The applicant’s record is void of the specific facts and circumstances concerning the events that led to his discharge from the New York Army National Guard. However, the record does contain a properly constituted NGB Form 22 (Report of Separation and Record of Service in the New York Army National Guard), which the applicant was unavailable for signature. This document indicates that the applicant was discharged under the provisions of NGR 600-200 and VOTAG date confirmed 11 January 1994, with an uncharacterized separation of service and a reenlistment eligibility (RE) code of "3." On 18 March 1994, Office Of The Adjutant General, State Of New York, Latham, New York, Orders 053-002, discharge of the applicant from the Army National Guard effective: 11 January 1994. b. Legal Basis for Separation: National Guard Regulation (NGR) 600-200 and Army Regulation 135-178 govern procedures covering enlisted personnel management of the Army National Guard. Chapter 8 of NGR 600-200 covers, in pertinent part, reasons for discharge and separation of enlisted personnel from the State Army Reserve National Guard. Army Regulation 135-178, privides that a Soldier is in an entry level-status if the Soldier has not completed more than 180 days of creditable continuous active duty prior to the initiation of separation action. c. Response to Issues, Recommendation and Rationale: After a careful review of all the applicant’s available records for the period of enlistment under review, and the issue he submitted, the analyst found no mitigating factors that would merit an upgrade of the applicant's discharge. The applicant’s record is void of the specific facts and circumstances concerning the events that led to his discharge from the New York Army National Guard. However, the applicant’s record does contain a properly constituted NGB Form 22 (Report of Separation and Record of Service), which the applicant was unavailable for signature. This document identifies the reason and characterization of the discharge and the analyst presumed Government Regularity in the discharge process. That NGB Form 22 indicates that the applicant was discharged under the provisions of NGR 600-200, with an uncharacterized separation of service and a reenlistment eligibility (RE) code of "3." Army Regulation 135-178 provides in pertinent part, that a Soldier is in entry-level status for the first 180 days of continuous active duty. The purpose of the entry-level status is to provide the Soldier a probationary period. Soldiers who are found to lack the necessary motivation, adaptability, self-discipline, ability, or attitude to become productive. Soldiers may be expeditiously separated while in entry-level status. A fully honorable discharge may be granted only in cases which are clearly warranted by unusual circumstances involving outstanding personal conduct and/or performance of duty. The Analyst determined that no such unusual circumstances were present in the applicant’s record and his service did not warrant an honorable discharge. Therefore, the reason for discharge and the characterization of service remains both proper and equitable. VII. Summary of Army Discharge Review Board Hearing Type of Hearing: Date: 25 July 2007 Location: Washington, DC Did the Applicant Testify? Yes No Counsel: NA Witnesses/Observers: NA Exhibits Submitted: NA VIII. Board Decision The discharge was: Proper Improper Equitable Inequitable The characterization of service was: Proper Improper Equitable Inequitable The narrative reasons were: Equitable Inequitable DRB voting record: Change 0 No change 5 - Character Change 0 No change 5 - Reason (Board member names available upon request) IX. Board Discussion, Determination, and Recommendation After carefully examining the applicant’s record of service during the period of enlistment under review and considering the analyst’s recommendation and rationale, the Board determined that the discharge was both proper and equitable, and voted to deny relief. Case report reviewed and verified by: Eric S. Moore, Examiner X. Board Action Directed No Change Issue a new DD Form 214 Change Characterization to: Change Reason to: NA Other: NA RE Code: Grade Restoration: No Yes Grade: NA XI. Certification Signature and Date Approval Authority: MARK E. COLLINS Colonel, U.S. Army President, Army Discharge Review Board Official: MARY E. SHAW DATE: 1 August 2007 Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Chief, Secretary Recorder ARMY DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD - CASE REPORT AND DIRECTIVE Case Number AR20060010387 Applicant Name: Mr. ______________________________________________________________________ Page 5 of 5 pages