IN THE CASE OF:	  

		BOARD DATE:	  	  17 SEPTEMBER 2008

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20080013961


THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:

1.  Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any).

2.  Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any).


THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant requests, in effect, that General Court-Martial Order 13 be evaluated and placed in his restricted files.  He requests that his records reflect only the charge for which he was convicted and served confinement.

2.  The applicant states that the record is not set for the charge only on specification 2 [sic].  He continues to state that he was once told when he was confined that he had a year to show that he still had the selfless service to serve his country.  He further states, in effect, that he has to maintain a Secret security clearance to perform his military duties and requests that his general court-martial order be placed in his restricted file.

3.  The applicant provides a copy of General Court-Martial Order 13 and Department of the Army Suitability Evaluation Board (DASEB) correspondence in support of his application.

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant's military service records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 16 November 1999.  He completed basic training and advanced individual training and was awarded the military occupational specialty 13D (Field Artillery Tactical Data Systems Specialist).

2.  General Court-Martial Order 13 dated 13 July 2005 shows that the applicant was charged with two specifications of Article 121 and one specification of Article 123 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).  He was found guilty of one specification of Article 121 for stealing a motorcycle valued at more than $500.00, the property of another Soldier, on or about 24 June 2004.

3.  On 2 May 2005, the applicant received a sentence of confinement for 45 days, hard labor without confinement for 60 days, and reduction to the rank of private/pay grade E-1.  The sentence was approved by proper authority on 13 July 2005 and he was credited with 1 day of confinement against the sentence to confinement.

4.  On 14 July 2008, the DASEB returned the applicant’s request for transfer of the general court-martial order to his restricted file without action.  The DASEB informed him that the authority to transfer a general court-martial order to his restricted file rests with the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR).

5.  Army Regulation 600-8-104 (Military Personnel Information Management/ Records) prescribes policies, operating tasks, and steps governing the Official Military Personnel File.  This regulation provides, in pertinent part, that court-martial orders will be filed in the performance section of a Soldier’s Official Military Personnel File.  This regulation states that a court-martial order may be transferred to the restricted file by the ABCMR “to correct an error or to remove an injustice.”

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s request was carefully considered and determined to be without merit.

2.  General Court-Martial Order 13 shows that the applicant was found guilty of one specification of Article 121, UCMJ, for stealing a motorcycle valued at more than $500.00, the property of another Soldier, on or about 24 June 2004.

3.  Army Regulation 600-8-104 provides that court-martial orders will be filed in the performance section of a Soldier’s Official Military Personnel File.

4.  The applicant did not provide evidence of error or injustice in support of his request.

5.  In view of the foregoing considerations, there is no evidence of error or injustice.  In order to justify correction of a military record the applicant must, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust.  The applicant did not submit evidence that would satisfy that requirement.  Therefore, he is not entitled to relief in this case.

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT FULL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

__X_____  ___X____  ___X___  DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice.  Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.



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                 CHAIRPERSON
      
I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case.
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