IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 23 April 2013 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20120017712 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 correction of her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show her military occupational specialty (MOS) as 98H (Communications Interceptor/Locator) instead of 98G (Cryptologic Linguist). 2. She states her military education shows proof she went to the Communications Interceptor Course which is a Morse Code Training Course. Her DD Form 214 currently reflects false information. 3. She provides her Army diploma from the Communications Locator/Interceptor Course. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicant's failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so. While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant's failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing. 2. The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 7 February 2002. Her enlistment contract indicates she enlisted for training in MOS 98H. 3. She provided a diploma from the U.S. Army Intelligence School at Fort Huachuca, AZ, dated 26 September 2002, which shows she completed Phase I of the requirements for the Communications Locator/Interceptor Course from 20 May to 26 September 2002. 4. Her Enlisted Record Brief (ERB), dated 2 December 2005, shows her primary MOS as 98G. Section IX (Assignment Information) shows she was assigned to Camp Humphreys in Korea in duty MOS 98H from October 2002 to February 2004. Her ERB shows she served in duty MOS 98G while assigned to Fort Sam Houston, TX during the last 6 months of active military service. 5. She was honorably released from active duty on 6 February 2006 after completion of 4 years of active military service. Her DD Form 214 shows in: a. item 11 (Primary Specialty Number, Title and Years and Months in Specialty (List additional specialty numbers and titles involving periods of one or more years)) she served in primary MOS 98G for 3 years and 4 months. b. item 14 (Military Education) she completed the Communications Interceptor/Locator Course in October 2002. 6. Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents) prescribes the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army. It establishes standardized policy for the preparation of the DD Form 214. It provides a brief, clear-cut record of active Army service at the time of release from active duty, retirement or discharge. It directed the titles of all MOSs in which an individual served in for at least 1 year and the number of years and months served will be entered in item 11. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. The evidence of record shows the applicant enlisted for training in MOS 98H and completed Phase 1 of the Communications Locator/Inceptor Course. She served in and held MOS 98H from October 2002 to September 2005. 2. Her ERB shows she served in MOS 98G during the last 6 months of her active duty service. Based on the governing regulation, all MOSs in which an individual served in for at least 1 year should be entered in item 11. However, her DD Form 214 erroneously reflects her primary MOS as 98G in item 11. 3. Therefore, it would be appropriate to amend item 11 of her DD Form 214 to show her primary MOS as 98H instead of 98G. BOARD VOTE: ____x___ ____x___ ____x___ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for relief. As a result, the Board recommends the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned be corrected by deleting the entry "98G1O CRYPTOLOGIC LINGUIST - 3 YRS 4 MOS" from item 11 and replacing it with the entry "98H1O COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTOR/LOCATOR - 3 YRS 4 MOS." _______ _ _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) AR20120017712 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20120017712 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1