2.  The applicant requests that her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be changed to show her character of service as Honorable and the separation authority as Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 18.  

3.  Orders published by Headquarterss, 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell, Fort Campbell, Kentucky on 
14 March 1994 show that the applicant was transferred to a transition point for transition processing and release from active duty on 28 March 1994.  The authority for her separation is indicated as Army Regulation 635-200, 
chapter 18.

4.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows the authority for her separation as Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 8, and her character of service as under honorable conditions.  She was separated on 28 March 1994 because of weight control failure.  She had 5 years and 6 days of active service.  

5.  Army Regulation 635-200 provides for the policies and procedures for separation of enlisted personnel.  Chapter 8 of that regulation has nothing to do with weight control failure but pertains to separation because of pregnancy.  Paragraph 5-15, since superseded, concerns separation for failure to meet Army body composition/weight control standards.  That paragraph states, in effect, that the service of a soldier separated per that paragraph would be characterized as honorable.

6.  An interim change 2 to Army Regulation 635-200, effective 11 June 1993, superseded paragraph 5-15 and added a Chapter 18 to the regulation, which pertains to separation because of failure to meet body fat standards.  It states that the service of a soldier separated per Chapter 18 will be characterized as honorable.   

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was separated from the Army because of failure to meet body fat standards under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 18.  Her characterization of service was honorable.

2.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was released from active duty under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 18, and that the characterization of her service was honorable.              

BOARD VOTE:  

                       GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                       GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                       DENY APPLICATION




		                           
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