DRB DIGEST/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DRB DOCKET 2014-
024
NAME

CURRENT DD-214
Honorable, COMDTINST M1OOO.6A, ART 12-B-16, JNC, 
INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGE WHEN MEMBER PERFORMS ACTS OF 
UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT, RE4
RELIEF 
REQUESTED
Upgrade Reentry code
RELIEF GRANTED 
BY DRB
Separation Code: JND; Narrative Reason: Separation for Miscellaneous/General
Reasons
ADMN
CORRECTIONS
None
TIS
4 yrs, 7 months, 6 days
Policy Implications 
None
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The applicant was discharged due to an established pattern showing a failure to pay debts in 2008.
The applicant had financial issues dating back to 2005 in which a car was repossessed after failed payments. 
Thereafter, in 2007, the applicant had become delinquent on the government charge card which resulted in 
financial probation. The terms of the probation were made clear to the applicant (to pay off the debt) in an 
administrative remarks entry the same year. The following two months, the applicant wrote delinquent checks 
to Citibank, but they all were returned as insufficient funds. These actions violated the financial probation. 
The command started discharge processing in late 2007. The Discharge was effective in early 2008.
Upon notification of the command's intent to discharge the applicant, the applicant made a statement and 
objected to discharge.
Despite the pattern of indebtedness, the Board finds that the applicant's Narrative Reason for Separation of 
Misconduct is not properly aligned with separations stemming from financial irresponsibility. The Board 
recommends usage of legacy Personnel Manual COMDTNST M 1000.6A, Art 12B.16.b(6) which separated 
enlisted personnel for Unsuitability for a patterned failure to pay debts.
Propriety:	Discharge was proper.
Equity:	Discharge was equitable.
Final Adjudication by Assistant Commandant For Human Resources: Partial relief i granted to the applicant's 
Separation Code and Narrative Reason for separation (All other items stand as Issued
24. Discharge: No change
25. Authority : No change
26. Separation Code: JND
27. Re-entry Code: No change
28. Narrative Reason: Separation for Miscellaneous/General Reasons