RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 

AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 

 

IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2010-01283 

 COUNSEL: NONE 

 HEARING DESIRED: NO 

 

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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: 

 

His records be corrected to reflect award of the Iraqi Campaign 
Medal (ICM) and 179 days be added to his Foreign Service time. 

 

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: 

 

He was deployed to Kuwait/Iraq in support of Operation Enduring 
Freedom from 12 Oct 05 to 9 Apr 06, for a total of 179 days. 

 

He was awarded the Iraqi Campaign Medal by a memorandum, dated 
25 Mar 06. 

 

He desires the changes to establish eligibility for various 
educational grants and scholarships at institutions of higher 
learning. 

 

In support of his request, the applicant provides copies of 
deployment orders, ICM award letter, and a certificate of 
wartime service. 

 

The applicant's complete submission, with attachments, is at 
Exhibit A. 

 

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STATEMENT OF FACTS: 

 

The applicant served in the Regular Air Force from 30 May 02 to 
29 May 06. 

 

Eligibility for the ICM requires service members to have served 
in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The period 
of eligibility is on or after 19 Mar 03 to a future date to be 
determined by the Secretary of Defense or the cessation of OIF. 
Service members qualified for the Global War on Terrorism 
Expeditionary Medal (GWOT-E) by reasons of service between 
19 Mar 03 and 28 Feb 05, in an area for which the ICM was 
subsequently authorized, shall remain qualified for that medal. 
Upon application, any such service members may be awarded the 
ICM in lieu of the GWOT-E for such service. No service members 
shall be entitled to both medals for the same deployment, 


action,achievement or period of service. Service members musthave been assigned, attached or mobilized to units operating in 
the area of eligibility for 30 consecutive days or for60 non-
consecutive days or meet one of the following criteria: 

1) Be engaged in combat during an armed engagement, regardless 
of the time in the area of eligibility; 2) While participating 
in an operation or on official duties, is wounded or injured andrequires medical evacuation from the area ofeligibility; 3) 
While participating as a regularly assigned aircrew member 
flying sorties into, out of, within or over the area of 
eligibility in direct support of the military operations; eachday of operations counts as one day of eligibility.

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

HQ AFPC/DPSIDR recommends denial for award of the ICM. DPSIDR 
states they were unable to verify the applicant served in Iraq. 
However, HQ AFPC/DPAPP was able to verify the applicant was 
deployed to Kuwait from 22 Oct 05 to 10 Apr 06 and have 
indicated the applicant’s records will be administratively 
corrected to reflect this Foreign Service.

The completeHQ AFPC/DPSIDRevaluationis at Exhibit C.

APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

A copy of the Air Force evaluationwas forwarded to the 
applicant on 1 Oct 10for review and comment within 30 days(Exhibit D). As of this date, this office has not received aresponse.

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.The applicant has not exhausted all remedies provided by 
existing law or regulations.
2.Theapplication was not timely filed; however, it is in the 
interest of justice to excuse the failure to timely file.
3.Insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to 
demonstrate the existence of error or injustice. We note the 
applicant provided documentation indicating he had fulfilled the 
requirements for award of the Iraqi Campaign Medal; however, wenote that upon application, any such service members may be 
awarded the Iraqi Campaign Medal in lieu of theGlobal War onTerrorism Expeditionary Medalfor such serviceand that no 
service members shall be entitled to both medals for the same 
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deployment, action,achievement or period ofservice.Given 
this fact, we note the applicant has not exhausted all his 
administrative remedies for award of the IraqiCampaign Medal.
Therefore, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we find 
no basis to recommend granting the relief sought in this 
application.

THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT:

The applicant be notified that the evidence presented did not 
demonstrate the existence of material error or injustice; thatthe application was denied without a personal appearance; and 
that the application will only be reconsidered upon the 
submission of newly discovered relevant evidence not consideredwith this application.

The following members of the Board considered Docket Number 
BC-2010-01283in Executive Session on16 November2010, under 
the provisions of AFI 36-2603:

, Panel Chair

, Member

, Member

The following documentary evidence was considered:

Exhibit A. DD Form 149, dated16 Apr 10, w/atchs.

Exhibit B. Applicant's Master Personnel Records.

Exhibit C. Letter,HQ AFPC/DPSIDR, dated15 Sep 10.

Exhibit D. Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated1 Oct 10.

Panel Chair

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