CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2004-171
On July 18, 1963, the applicant’s CO issued a letter to the Commandant recommending that the applicant be discharged from the Coast Guard because an investigation determined that the applicant was a Class II homosexual.2 The CO asked that the Commandant consider giving the applicant an honorable discharge, because the applicant had no “military offenses or civil charges during his enlistment.” On July 24, 1963, the Commandant directed that the applicant be discharged from the Coast Guard...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-002
of the Coast Guard Medical Manual lists the personality disorders for which a member may be separated. As the Coast Guard stated, “Condition, Not a Disability” would be more appropriate in this case because the applicant was discharged due to an adjustment disorder, not a personality disorder. Given the applicant’s diagnosed adjustment disorder and the provisions of the SPD Handbook, the Coast Guard should have assigned her the JFV separation code for having a condition that precludes...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-007
However, he stated that the Coast Guard’s review of the applicant’s military records revealed a small error in the calcula- tion of lost time. Although the applicant was technically a member of the Coast Guard for the 531 days between October 22, 1971, and April 4, 1973, he was either AWOL or confined to the brig for at least 201 of those 531 days and therefore served less than a year of creditable time. 4 The 201 days do not include the applicant’s unauthorized absence and correctional...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-009
On June 3, 1977, the CO, through his chain of command, requested that the applicant be discharged from the Coast Guard under honorable conditions (known as a general discharge) because of marginal performance. On July 11, 1977, the Commander, Second Coast Guard District, recommended that the applicant be discharged from the Coast Guard due to misconduct rather than marginal performance. Further, he has offered no evidence, except for his and his mother's statements that his misconduct...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-035
The applicant’s DD Form 214 dated June 20, 1995, indicates that he was temporarily retired from the Coast Guard effective June 21, 1995, placed on the temporary disability retired list (TDRL), and given a separation code of SFK4 and a reenlistment code of RE-2.5 On August 9, 1999, the Coast Guard’s Central Physical Evaluation Board6 determined that the applicant was not fit for continued duty in the Coast Guard. The JAG argued that the applicant’s request should be denied because...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-041
He alleged that a message dated August 16, 1999, from his command to the Coast Guard Personnel Command (CGPC) proves that the general character of his dis- charge was based upon the NJP that was reversed. The same day, the applicant’s command informed CGPC that he could not be discharged on August 13 due to the pending disciplinary action. Because the Commander of the Atlantic Area failed to take action on the applicant’s appeal within five days of the day the applicant submitted it, the...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-056
He informed me that [the applicant] made the statement to him that she was gay. On January 25, 1999, the Commander, Coast Guard Group Mobile, issued a letter informing the applicant that she was being discharged from the Coast Guard for homosexual conduct. On January 27, 1999, the Commander, Coast Guard Group Mobile, issued a memorandum to the Commander, Coast Guard Personnel Command (CGPC), recommending that the applicant be administratively discharged by reason of unsuitability.
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-066
He recommended that the applicant be discharged under 12.B.12.3 of the Coast Guard Personnel Manual. The applicant’s CO recommended that she be discharged from the Coast Guard pursuant to Articles 12.B.12.a. However, since the appli- cant did not object to being discharged and the JAG is recommending that her record be corrected to show that she was discharged pursuant to Article 12.B.12 of the Personnel Manual, instead of Article 12.B.16., the Board finds the error to be harmless.
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-082
of the Coast Guard Instruction for completing discharge forms states that a member’s DD 214 should show a separation code and reenlistment code “as shown in the SPD Handbook or as stated by [CGPC] in the message granting discharge authority.” The narrative reason for separation on the DD 214 must be whatever is specified by CGPC. The record indicates that the applicant was discharged due to a diagnosed adjustment disorder, not a personality disorder. Therefore, the Board agrees with the...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-084
He was honorably discharged on January 13, 2003, by reason of personality disorder, with a JFX (personality disorder) separation code and an RE-4 reenlistment code. He stated that he should not have been in the Coast Guard. In this regard, he agreed with CGPC that the applicant's record should be corrected by issuing a new DD Form 214 to show that he was discharged by reason of convenience of the government, due to a condition not a disability, with a JFV (condition not a disability)...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-089
He asked the CRSC panel to consider granting him a disability rating for the scarring on his face and for skin cancers that the applicant claimed were related to the buoy explosion. In this section, the term 'combat-related disability' means a disability that is compensable under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and that -- (1) is attributable to an injury for which the member was awarded the Purple Heart; or (2) was incurred (as determined under the...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-091
The applicant was notified that the MB had recommended a finding of unfit for duty and referred his case to the Central Physical Evaluation Board (CPEB) 5. To the contrary, according to the JAG, the record shows that the applicant was properly separated from the Coast Guard after a determination that the applicant had a physical disability that caused him to be unfit for duty. However, the Board finds that he should have discovered it at the time of his discharge from the Coast Guard...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-105
VIEWS OF THE COAST GUARD On October 5, 2005, the Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Coast Guard submitted an advisory opinion recommending that the Board grant partial relief to the applicant by upgrading the BCD to a general discharge under honorable conditions. I find that the applicant's discharge from the Service with a [BCD] for fifty-five years is adequate punishment for his offense. With respect to the merits of his claim, the Board having reviewed the applicant's military record...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-107
The date led up to approxi- mately 4 days prior to his discharge.” She stated that her mother told her that her father had been “pushed out of the military due to the fact that WWII was over and they were getting rid of men any way they could.” She further stated that as a former member of the Coast Guard herself, she wants “to be able to go to my father’s grave and put a flag upon it with pride to know that I was able to overturn this for him.” APPLICABLE LAW Article 459 of the Personnel...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-131
This final decision, dated April 26, 2006, is signed by the three duly appointed APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, now serving as a xxxxxxxxxxxxxx in the Marine Corps Reserve, alleged that while he was serving in the Coast Guard Reserve, a drill point that he earned during his anniversary year ending February 27, 1980, was erroneously recorded as having been earned during the prior anniversary year, which ended on February 27, 1979. However, his commanding officer noted on...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-134
of the Coast Guard Instruction for completing discharge forms states that a member’s DD 214 should show a separation code and reenlistment code “as shown in the SPD Handbook or as stated by [CGPC] in the message granting discharge authority.” The narrative reason for separation on the DD 214 must be whatever is specified by CGPC. The applicant was diagnosed with an anxiety and adjustment disorder and his CO recommended his discharge pursuant to Article 12.B.12.a. In light of the...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-143
On February 28, 1996, the applicant was discharged from the Coast Guard pursuant to Article 12.B.18.2 of the Coast Guard Personnel Manual. CGPC stated that the applicant’s discharge for physical standards as determined by the DRB is consistent with Coast Guard policy and that RE-4 is the appropriate reenlistment code given the applicant’s character of service. In light of the fact that the applicant’s record is devoid of anything derogatory and that the DRB changed the narrative reason for...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-158
Upon dis- charge from the hospital on September 23, 1994, the applicant was diagnosed with an adjustment disorder, 1 marital problems, and depression. The psychiatrist diagnosed him with a “personality disorder not otherwise specified, [with] borderline [and] dependent traits”;2 episodic alcohol abuse; and disorders. He is poorly motivated for continued military service.” The psychiatrist rec- ommended that the applicant be administratively discharged “for personality disor- der.” On...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2005-167
On May 19, 1981, under the advice of counsel, the applicant requested discharge from the Coast Guard “under other than honorable conditions for the good of the service” in lieu of trial by court martial. In his letter to the Commandant requesting discharge, he stated that I understand that if this request is approved I will receive a discharge under other than honorable conditions. He had served in the Coast Guard for two years, six months, and 20 days.
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-005
of the Coast Guard Per- sonnel Manual because his diagnosed personality disorder “requires that I request your discharge due to unsuitability.” The CO stated that he was recommending a general discharge under honorable conditions, but that the final decision would rest with CGPC. of the Coast Guard Personnel Manual provides that the Commander may authorize or direct the separation of enlisted members for a number of reasons, including diagnosed personality disorders. After experiencing two...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-040
On December 23, 1987, the applicant’s acting commanding officer (CO) placed a Page 72 in the applicant’s record to document counseling about the December 20, 1987, alcohol incident. On January 13, 1988, a Page 7 was placed in the applicant’s record counseling him that he was being recommended for discharge from the Coast Guard for his second alcohol incident of December 31, 1987. of the Personnel Manual states that the first time a member is involved in an alcohol incident, except those...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-046
This final decision, dated September 28, 2006, is signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, a fireman second class (FN2) on active duty in the Coast Guard Reserve during World War II, asked the Board to upgrade the character of his discharge from “under honorable conditions” to honorable. (3) Never convicted by general Coast Guard court or more than once by a summary Coast Guard court, or more than twice by a Coast Guard deck court [captain’s mast].”...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-054
command an email stating that he had measured the applicant at 23% body fat. The applicant was medically cleared for weight probation on April 13, 2005, with a weight of 259 pounds and 33% body fat. Although the applicant alleged that his discharge was based on the results of the hydrostatic testing, whereas COMDTINST M1020.8E mandates measurement by tape, the discharge orders issued on August 30, 2005, were clearly based on the weight and tape-measure body fat measurements made near the...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-055
Upon the applicant’s discharge from the hospital on July 30, 2002, Dr. N, a psy- chiatrist, diagnosed him with an Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood, as well as a Personality Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified, but with Cluster B Traits.3 Dr. N reported that the applicant had no mental disease, defect, or derangement and was “capable of distinguishing right from wrong and adhering to the right. Upon admission to the hospital on July 24, 2002, a psychologist interviewed the applicant and...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-061
This final decision, dated November 2, 2006, is adopted and signed by the three APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant is a veteran of World War II who received a bad conduct discharge (BCD) on March 15, 1944, pursuant to the sentence of a summary court martial. 1 Under Article 4952(6) of the Coast Guard Personnel Instructions in 1944, a member could receive a BCD if he was “[d]ischarged in accordance with the approved sentence of a general or summary Coast Guard court, as...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-063
Storekeeper, second class C (SK2 C), who worked with the applicant at Group San Francisco, stated the following in his letter supporting the applicant’s request, During his time in our office, [the applicant] showed nothing but determination and hard work throughout the office. On May 5, 2004, TRACEN Petaluma sent a letter to Coast Guard Personnel Command (CGPC) requesting authority to discharge the applicant for unsuitability due to a diagnosis of “alcohol abusive” and for refusing...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-072
In his application for correc- tion, he alleged that he waited to submit his request because “I was told to wait, keep a clean record, then ask for the BCD1 [bad conduct discharge] removed.” SUMMARY OF THE RECORD 1 Pursuant to a sentence by a Special Court Martial dated May 3, 1963, the applicant was ordered to be discharged from the Coast Guard with a bad conduct discharge. The record indicates that his character of service was “conditions other than honorable.” In 1975, the applicant...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-089
This final decision, dated November 21, 2006, is signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his military record by upgrading his general discharge from the Coast Guard Reserve for “shirking” on September 2, 1974, to an honorable discharge. On August 2, 1974, the District Commander informed the applicant by letter that he was being considered for a less than honorable discharge due to shirking. The applicant stated that since the...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-096
On August 20, 1999, the applicant was discharged from the Coast Guard pursuant to Article 12.B.18. On May 10, 2005, the DRB denied the applicant's request, stating that his discharge had been carried out in accordance with Coast Guard policy and that his character of service and reenlistment code were proper. VIEWS OF THE COAST GUARD On August 21, 2006, the Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Coast Guard submitted an advisory opinion in which he adopted the findings of the Coast...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-113
I was discharged for medical reasons. Section 1552 of title 10 of the United States Codes empowers the Secretary to correct any military Coast Guard record to remove an error or injustice. In the opinion of Coast Guard medical personnel the applicant did not meet the medical qualifications for enlistment and recommended his discharge as being in the best interest of the Service and the applicant so that the thumb could heal completely.
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-123
The applicant stated that he was erroneously discharged for alcohol rehabilita- tion failure even though he only had one “alcohol incident”1 in his record, whereas the Personnel Manual requires two such incidents to occur before a member can be dis- charged for alcohol rehabilitation failure.2 The applicant stated that when he applied to 1 Article 20.A.2.d.1. of the Personnel Manual states that “[e]nlisted members involved in a second alcohol incident will normally be processed for...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-131
This final decision, dated May 31, 2007, is approved and signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, who received an uncharacterized discharge with an RE-4 reenlistment code (ineligible to reenlist) on December 9, 2005, before completing boot camp, asked the Board to correct his record by reinstating him on active duty and by upgrading his reenlistment code to RE-1 (eligible to reenlist). On December 9, 2005, after the Coast Guard discovered that the...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-132
He stated, however, that he thought at the time of his discharge that an ordinary discharge was an honorable discharge. The Board stated in that case that an ordinary discharge was not appropriate for a physical disability discharge. The Board having reviewed the applicant's military record is satisfied that there are no unfavorable personnel actions recorded therein and that his discharge was by reason of physical disability that was not due to his misconduct.
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-134
[The applicant] should be retained in the Coast Guard. of the Personnel Manual state that a drug incident is determined by the member’s commanding officer, and the applicant’s CO had determined that there was just one drug incident. of the Personnel Manual provides that the BOR shall “review[] the records and documented evidence the board of inquiry considered and made a part of its proceedings and any additional information the officer concerned or the recorder submitted under Article...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-136
This final decision, dated May 11, 2007, is approved by the three duly appointed mem- APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, who received a general discharge for misconduct on August 4, 1987, after his urine tested positive for cocaine use, asked the Board to “overturn” his discharge, which the Board interprets as a request for an honorable discharge. On August 4, 1987, the applicant received a general discharge “under honorable condi- tions” for “misconduct” pursuant to Article...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-139
When discharged, he was given an undesirable discharge rather than an honorable discharge. CGPC further stated the following: The applicant was discharged from the Coast Guard on April 18, 1945 with an undesirable discharge. 34-93 where the Board upgraded a 1944 undesirable discharge to a general discharge under honorable conditions.
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-142
The applicant submitted a letter from a current commander in the Coast Guard, who stated that following: I recently had the opportunity to speak with [the applicant] regarding his discharge from the Coast Guard in March of 1990 while we both served in [the same station]. CGPC pointed out that, for members discharged for unsuitability due to alcohol abuse, the Separation Program Designator (SPD) Code Handbook authorizes the assign- ment of no other reenlistment code except the RE-4. There...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-153
3330 also delegates specific authorities for personnel action to the Coast Guard. The JAG stated that the Coast Guard has revoked the commission of seven officers under Delegation No. of the Personnel Manual states that an officer whose commission has been revoked shall be discharged from the Coast Guard.
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-157
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS Application for the Correction of the Coast Guard Record of: BCMR Docket No. This final decision, dated February 28, 2007, is signed by the three duly appoint- APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, a former fireman (FN) who served a little more than two years in the Coast Guard, asked the Board to correct his record by upgrading his 1979 discharge, which was issued “under other than honorable conditions.”...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-158
This final decision, dated March 30, 2007, is signed by the three duly appointed members APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his military record by upgrading his general discharge from the Coast Guard Reserve for misconduct (shirking) on July 9, 1991, to an honorable discharge. Records show that your last participation in the Coast Guard Reserve was August 1988. On March 1, 1991, the District Commander sent the applicant a letter stating that he...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-183
discharge. I know it is in my, as well as the Coast Guard’s best interest to discharge me. With respect to the merits, the applicant stated the following: A review of the applicant’s record does not reveal any error or injustices with regards to processing of his discharge and assignment of the RE-4 reenlistment code.
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2006-188_
The applicant was discharged from the Coast Guard on May 19, 1967. The applicant stated that he also reported the assault to the CO but he did not do anything about it. There is no evidence in the record to support the applicant’s claim that he was ever sexually assaulted while in the Coast Guard.
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2007-005
following codes, narrative reasons, and reenlistment codes: SPD Code The Separation Program Designator Handbook in effect in 2001 authorized the use of the Narrative Reason RE Code Authority RE-3L 12-B-20 Entry Level Performance and Conduct JGA (as on applicant’s DD 214) JFW Failed Medical/Physical Procurement Standards Condition, Not a Disability RE-3G RE-3X RE-4 RE-3G RE-3X RE-4 12-B-12 12-B-12 Disability, Existed Prior to Service, Medical Board Erroneous Entry...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2007-009
She also asked the Board to correct the date of birth listed on her DD 214.1 Although she went AWOL (absent without leave) three times and stated that she had “no intention of returning,” she argued that she should not have received an RE-4 reenlistment code because: 1. In a June 16, 1983, memorandum to the Commandant, the Commander, USCG Group Cape Hatteras, recommended that the applicant be discharged from the Coast Guard. the Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, endorsed On July 21,...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2007-021
This final decision, dated June 13, 2007, is approved and signed by the three duly APPLICANT'S REQUEST The applicant asked the Board to correct his record by upgrading his RE-4 (not eligible for reenlistment) reenlistment code “to allow reentry into military service during these war-time conditions.” The applicant was discharged from the Coast Guard with a general discharge under honorable conditions (commonly known as a general discharge) by reason of misconduct (drug abuse). On November...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2007-028
of the Coast Guard Instruction for completing discharge forms states that a member’s DD 214 should show a separation code and reenlistment code “as shown in the SPD Handbook or as stated by [CGPC] in the message granting discharge authority.” The narrative reason for separation on the DD 214 must be whatever is specified by CGPC. The Personnel Manual and Medical Manual permit the separation of members with diagnosed adjustment disorders, as well as those with personality disorders, and the...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2007-032
The BCMR has jurisdiction of the case pursuant to section 1552 of title 10 of the of the applicant and the Coast Guard, the military record of the applicant, and applicable law. In this regard, the applicant’s military record shows the following meritorious service, conduct, and accomplishments: • On June 5, 1944, the applicant was authorized to wear the Asiatic-Pacific Area Ribbon. The Coast Guard shall correct his record to show that he received an honorable discharge.
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2007-035
Block 29 was corrected by hand to show that the applicant had 3 days of lost time resulting from his arrests rather than 4 days, as originally shown, and to show that the period from June 1, 1984, to December 7, 1984, was also lost time because the applicant was incarcerated in the state penitentiary during this period. On December 7, 1984, the applicant was discharged from the Coast Guard under other On November 9, 1984, the Commandant approved the applicant’s discharge under other VIEWS...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2007-039
On October 22, 1987, the CO recommended that the Commandant discharge the applicant from the Coast Guard for the convenience of the government. The DVA noted that the applicant’s Coast Guard medical record showed no complaints, treatment, observation or diagnosis for paranoid schizophrenia while the applicant was in the Coast Guard. To be timely, an application for correction of a military record must be submitted within three years after the alleged error or injustice was or should have...
CG | BCMR | Discharge and Reenlistment Codes | 2007-040
This final decision, dated June 28, 2007, is approved and signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, a former seaman recruit (SR; pay grade E-1) who served approximately two months in the Coast Guard before being honorably discharged for a back problem which existed prior to his enlistment, asked the Board to correct his record by upgrading his reenlistment code from RE-4 (ineligible for reenlistment) to one that would allow him to reenlist in the Armed...