DEPA R TMENT O F THE NAVY

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BOA RD. FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS

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Docket No :· NR3.49-15

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12 June 201s

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Dear

This is in referene:e ---to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant; . to the provis·ions of . title 10  of the
United States Code, section 1552 .

You requested expunging your FFO (for further observation)
·contract signed on 21 June  20 04 .

A three-member panel of the. Board for Correction of Naval
·Records, sitting in executive sessio , considered your applica.tion on 12 June 2015 .	Your allegations o error and inj.ustice were reviewed in accordance with administrative
_regulations and procedures applicable to the proceedings of this
Board.	Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of your application, together with all materil submitted in support thereof,·your naval record and applicable statutes,
regulations and policies.	In addition, the Board considered the advisory opinion from Headquarters Marine Corps dated
9 April 2 015. with enclosures, a. copy of which is-attached.

After careful·and conscientious consideration of the entire record, the Board found that·the evidence submitted ·was insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice.	The Board found that the FFO co	ract at issue was warranted- in lfght of your relief for·cause-cirr weapons. platoon sergeant,. .doclimented i:p. .the adverse fitness r.eport for
31 December 2003. to 22 March 2004, whose removal you have Iiot requested.	Accordingly, your application has been denied.	The names and votes of the members of the panel will be furnished upon  request.·	..-·. .

It is regretted that the circumstances of your case are such that favorable action cannot be taken. You are ·entitled to have
the Board reconsider its decision upon submission of new evidence
.within one year from the date of the Board's ·decision. New evidence is evidence not previously considered by the Board prior to making its decision in this case.	In this regard, it is important to keep in mind that a presumption of regularity attaches to all official records.· Conseque.ntly, when applying for a correction of an official naval record, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate the existence of probable material error or injustice.

Sincerely,

Executive Director

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