DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS 
701 S. COURTHOUSE ROAD, SUITE 1001 
ARLINGTON, VA 22204-2490 


Docket No. 4669-18 
Ref: Signature Date 



This is in reference to your application for correction of your naval record pursuant to Title 10, United States Code, Section 1552. After careful and conscientious consideration of the entire record, the Board for Correction of Naval Records {BCNR/Board) found the evidence submitted was insufficient to establish the existence of probable material error or injustice. Consequently, your application has been denied. 

A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 18 October 2019. The names and votes of the mem~ers of the panel will be furnished upon request. Your allegations of error and injustice 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 material submitted in support thereof, relevant portions of your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies. In addition, the Board considered the advisory opinion (AO) by HQMC memo MMEA of 3 December 2018 and the amended HQMC memo MMEA of 3 December 2018, a copy of which was previously provided to you for comment. 

You requested to receive Fiscal Year {FY) 2018 Special Duty Assignment {SDA) Kicker. The Board, in its review of your entire record and application, carefully weighed all potentially mitigating factors, to include your assertions that your Career Planner was transitioning to become a Warrant Officer and in November 2017 and your wife was pregnant so you asked for extension to Recruiter School until August 2018. The Board noted that the BCNR requested an AO to HQMC and the first AO recommendtion, which was in favor to grant the FY 2018 SDA Kicker was in error because it ignored the facts that you reeenlisted [23 February 2017] before MARADMIN 350/17 was released [5 July 2017]. The second AO recommendation for FY 2017 SDA Kicker was also in error. The MARADMIN that would have been in effect for FY 2017, MARADMIN 354/16, did not offer a SDA Kicker. The Board noted that your RELM to HQMC indicated that you understood {your signature) that no bonus was offered with your request for reenlistment for assignment to Special Duty. The Board also noted that the fact that a bonus was offered over five(5) months after you reenlisted would not entitle you to such bonus. In this connection, the Board concluded that at the time of your reenlistment request to HQMC and when you reenlisted in February 2017, there was no SDA Kicker to offer. 

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 matters, which will require you to complete and submit a new DD Form 149. New matters are those not previously presented to or considered by the Board. In this regard, it is important to keep in mind that a presumption of regularity attaches to all official records. Consequently, 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.