1. Applicant's Name: a. Application Date: 13 March 2018 b. Date Received: 19 March 2018 c. Counsel: None 2. REQUEST, ISSUES, BOARD TYPE, AND DECISION: The applicant requests an upgrade of his uncharacterized discharge to honorable. The applicant seeks relief contending, in effect, that an error was made unknowingly by the authorizing official at the time of discharge. In a records review conducted at Arlington, VA on 4 November 2020, and by a 5-0 vote, the Board determined that the characterization of service was improper. The record indicates the applicant served over 180 days and earned an MOS. Therefore, the characterization not being proper and equitable, the Board granted relief in the form of an upgrade of the applicant's characterization of service to honorable. (Board member names available upon request) 3. DISCHARGE DETAILS: a. Reason / Authority / Codes / Characterization: Self-Terminating Orders / Completion of Period of ADT / NA / NA / Uncharacterized b. Date of Discharge: 21 June 2007 c. Separation Facts: (1) Date of Notification of Intent to Separate: NIF (2) Basis for Separation: The applicant was informed of the following reasons: NIF (3) Recommended Characterization: NIF (4) Legal Consultation Date: NIF (5) Administrative Separation Board: NIF (6) Separation Decision Date / Characterization: NIF 4. SERVICE DETAILS: a. Date / Period of Enlistment: ADT, 28 February 2007 / (NIF) b. Age at Enlistment / Education / GT Score: 20 / HS Graduate / NIF c. Highest Grade Achieved / MOS / Total Service: E-1 / 68J10, Medical Logistics Specialist / 6 months d. Prior Service / Characterizations: 22 December 2006 to 27 February 2007 / NA (Concurrent Service) e. Overseas Service / Combat Service: None f. Awards and Decorations: NDSM, ASR g. Performance Ratings: None h. Disciplinary Action(s) / Evidentiary Record: NIF i. Lost Time / Mode of Return: None j. Diagnosed PTSD / TBI / Behavioral Health: NIF 5. APPLICANT-PROVIDED EVIDENCE: DD Form 149 in lieu of DD Form 293; DD Form 214 for the period of service under review; and DD Form 214 for a period of post-service. 6. POST SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Documents in the applicant records indicate the applicant is a commissioned-officer (O-3) in the USAR. 7. REGULATORY CITATION(S): Army Regulation 635-200 sets forth the basic authority for separation of enlisted personnel. Chapter 4 of that regulation provides, in pertinent part, for the separation of individuals upon completion of required service (i.e., expiration term of service). The characterization of service for Soldiers separated under the provisions of Chapter 4, AR 635-200 will be honorable unless the Soldier is in entry-level status. The service of Soldiers in entry-level status will be uncharacterized. A Soldier is in an entry- level status if the Soldier has not completed more than 180 days of creditable continuous active duty at the time of the discharge or release from active duty. In the case of an ARNGUS or USAR Soldier on active duty (AD) or active duty training (ADT) who is to be discharged, the character of the period of service from which he/she is being discharged will be based solely on military behavior and performance of duty during the current period of service while actually performing AD or ADT. Army Regulation 635-5-1 (Separation Program Designator (SPD) Codes) provides the specific authorities (regulatory or directive), reasons for separating Soldiers from active duty, and the SPD codes to be entered on the DD Form 214. It identifies the SPD code of "MBK" as the appropriate code to assign enlisted Soldiers who are discharged under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, Chapter 4, for completion of required active service, who are eligible to reenlist or with a DCSS in force and who are REFRAD on completion of enlistment and transferred to the Reserve Components to complete Military Service obligation. The SPD Code/RE Code Cross Reference Table shows that a Soldier assigned an SPD Code of "MBK" will be assigned an RE Code of 1 or 3. 8. DISCUSSION OF FACT(S): The applicant requests an upgrade of his uncharacterized discharge to honorable. The applicant's available record of service, the issues and documents submitted with his application were carefully reviewed. The applicant's record is void of the facts and circumstances concerning the events which led to her discharge from the Army. However, the applicant's record does contain a properly constituted DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), which was not authenticated by the applicant's signature. The DD Form 214 indicates the applicant was released from active on self-terminating orders and returned to his unit of assignment. Barring evidence to the contrary, the presumption of government regularity prevails as all the requirements of law and regulation were met and the rights of the applicant were fully protected throughout the separation process. After reviewing the available service record, it appears that someone in the discharge process erroneously entered on the applicant's DD Form 214 in block's 25, 26, 27, and 28 incorrect information. The DD Form 214 under review confirms the applicant had completed the period for which he was ordered to Active Duty for Training and then reassigned to his Army Reserve Unit. In accordance with AR 635-200, Chapter 3-9a and (3), a separation will be described as entry level with service uncharacterized if processing is initiated while a Soldier is in entry-level status, except when the Soldier has less than 181 days of continuous active military service, has completed Initial Entry Training, has been awarded an MOS, and has reported for duty at a follow-on-unit of assignment. Additionally, the available service record further indicates that someone in the discharge process erroneously entered on the applicant's DD Form 214 in block's 25, 26, and 28 incorrect information. In accordance with AR 635-200, Chapter 3-9a and (3), a separation will be described as entry level with service uncharacterized if processing is initiated while a Soldier is in entry-level status, except when the Soldier has less than 181 days of continuous active military service, has completed Initial Entry Training, has been awarded an MOS, and has reported for duty at a follow-on-unit of assignment. The DD Form 214 under review confirms the applicant had completed the period for which he was ordered to Active Duty for Training, had been awarded an MOS and he was reassigned to his Army Reserve Unit. Therefore, in accordance with AR 635-200, Chapter 4, the applicant's DD Form 214 should be corrected to read the following: block 25, separation authority to AR 635-200, Chapter 4; block 26, separation code to MBK; and block 28, reason for separation to Completion of Required Active Service. Notwithstanding the administrative errors, and based on the available record, the discharge was consistent with the procedural and substantive requirements of the regulation, was within the discretion of the separation authority and that the applicant was provided full administrative due process. 9. BOARD DETERMINATION: In a records review conducted at Arlington, VA on 4 November 2020, and by a 5-0 vote, the Board determined that the characterization of service was improper. The record indicates the applicant served over 180 days and earned an MOS. Therefore, the characterization not being proper and equitable, the Board granted relief in the form of an upgrade of the applicant's characterization of service to honorable. 10. BOARD ACTION DIRECTED: a. Issue a New DD-214: Yes b. Change Characterization to: Honorable c. Change Reason to: No Change d. Change Authority to: No Change e. Change SPD / RE Code to: No Change Authenticating Official: Legend: AWOL - Absent Without Leave GD - General Discharge NCO - Noncommissioned Officer SCM - Summary Court Martial BCD - Bad Conduct Discharge HS - High School NIF - Not in File SPCM - Special Court Martial BH - Behavioral Health HD - Honorable Discharge NOS - Not Otherwise Specified SPD - Separation Program Designator CG - Company Grade Article 15 IADT - Initial Active Duty Training OAD - Ordered to Active Duty TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury CID - Criminal Investigation Division MP - Military Police OMPF - Official Military Personnel File UNC - Uncharacterized Discharge ELS - Entry Level Status MST - Military Sexual Trauma PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder UOTHC - Under Other Than Honorable Conditions FG - Field Grade Article 15 NA - Not applicable RE - Reentry VA - Veterans Affairs ARMY DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD CASE REPORT AND DIRECTIVE AR20180005574 4