IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 18 August 2009 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20090012312 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). CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE: 6. The applicant, a career military intelligence officer, had over 36 years of creditable service toward Reserve retirement. Following 11 September 2001, he volunteered to go on extended active duty. He remained on active duty until his mandatory retirement date and then accepted recall to active duty from a retired status. 7. On 25 August 2008 new information was received from the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, St. Louis, Missouri (HRC-St. Louis) about implementing the decision of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) in Docket Number AR20060017758, dated 19 June 2007. 8. HRC-St. Louis stated: a. the applicant's records were corrected to show he remained on the Reserve Component Selection List; b. when he reached age 62 (on 18 July 2007) he was transferred to the Retired Reserve but continued to serve in a Retired Recall status; c. on 13 November 2007 a Standby Advisory Board (STAB) considered and selected him for promotion to chief warrant officer five (CW5) under the 2005 promotion criteria; d. however, because the applicant had already reached age 62, he was barred from attending the Warrant Officer Senior Staff Course (WOSSC); e. he was not in a CW5 position at the time of selection and due to his age he was barred from being placed in a CW5 position; and f. HRC-St. Louis was unable complete the Board-directed correction and requested additional guidance. 9. The record contains orders recalling the applicant to active duty in a Retired Recall status and orders twice extending him in this status. 10. The first WOSSC offered following the 2005 CW5 Promotion Selection Board met from 12 through 24 July 2005. 11. Department of the Army Message R 091801Z JUN 05 states, effective immediately, warrant officer training and education requirements were de-linked from promotion requirements. Personnel centers were to automatically consider officers for leader training, education, and development courses as they reached the appropriate phase of their career management models. 12. Army Regulation 135-155 (Promotion of Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers Other Than General Officers) requires a Soldier to complete the WOSSC to be promoted to CW5 and to be serving in a CW5 position. Completion of the WOSSC is not required for selection; however, the officer must possess a position vacancy coded W5 and be a WOSSC graduate before promotion. ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 5. At the time of the decision of the ABCMR in Docket Number AR20060017758, dated 19 June 2007, it was the intent of the ABCMR to make the applicant’s record as administratively correct as possible. 6. The ABCMR's decision in Docket Number AR20060017758 failed to take into consideration the fact that the applicant would reach age 62 before a STAB could consider him and that he needed the WOSSC before he could be promoted. 7. Had the applicant been properly considered for promotion in 2005 he would have had sufficient time to attend the WOSSC and to have found a CW5 position in order to be promoted. 8. The 9 July 2005 message shows that the applicant would have automatically been scheduled for the WOSSC. He would have attended the July 2005 WOSSC. 9. There is no reason to believe that the applicant would have declined to attend the WOSSC or that he would not have successfully completed that training. 10. Following the events of 11 September 2001, this career military intelligence officer volunteered to serve on active duty and did so until he was forced to transfer to the Retired Reserve based on exceeding his mandatory retirement date. His skills were in such high demand that he was recalled to active duty from his retired status and twice extended. Based on this record, it is reasonable believe that he would have sought and been assigned to a CW5 position. 11. Therefore, as a matter of equity and justice, the applicant's records should be further corrected to show: a. the applicant was selected for promotion to CW5 by a STAB under the 2005 criteria; b. he successfully completed the WOSSC on 24 July 2005, c. he was assigned to a W5 position immediately upon completing WOSSC, d. he was promoted to CW5 with an effective date and date of rank of 25 July 2005; e. he is entitled to all rights, privileges, pay, and benefits of that rank effective 25 July 2005, and f. he retired in the rank of CW5. BOARD VOTE: ____X____ ____X____ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: 2. The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant amendment of the decision of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records set forth in Docket Number AR20060017758, dated 19 June 2007, to show: a. the applicant was selected for promotion to CW5 by a STAB under the 2005 criteria; b. he successfully completed the WOSSC on 24 July 2005; c. he was assigned to a CW5 position immediately upon completing WOSSC, d. he was promoted to CW5 with an effective date and date of rank of 25 July 2005; e. he is entitled to all rights, privileges, pay, and benefits of that rank effective 25 July 2005, and f. he retired in the rank of CW5. ___________X____________ 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. ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20090012312 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS SUPPLEMENTAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Supplemental Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20090012312 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1