This final decision, dated September 23, 2004, is signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant reenlisted for six years on October 1, 2001, and was promised a Zone B SRB with a multiple of 1.5 under ALCOAST 127/01. According to the Coast Guard, the applicant did not have any of the authorized surfman qualification codes when he enlisted on October 1, 2001. contract showing that he was promised a Zone B SRB with a multiple 1.5. ORDER Derek A. Capizzi The...
The applicant alleged that sometime before his discharge from active duty on May 31, 2003, he was counseled that he would be entitled to the bonus under ALCOAST 192/03 if he enlisted in the SELRES. He later extended that enlistment and was discharged from the regular Coast Guard on May 31, 2003, with no Reserve obligation. The contract states that he “is entitled to SELRES SRB as per ALCOAST 192/03.” provisions: ALCOAST 192/03, which was issued on April 29, 2003, contains the following 2.
However, the Personnel Command denied the applicant’s request for an extension pursuant to COMDINST 7220.33.2 The applicant also alleged that if evidence of his successful completion of the Navigation Rules examination (NAVRULS) had been placed in his military record prior to his reenlistment, then he would have been eligible for an SRB multiple of 2 under ALCOAST 182/03. If the applicant had been told on April 29, 2003, that his request for a one- month extension was denied, he would have...
This final decision, dated October 13, 2004, is signed by the three duly appointed APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his record to show that he was entitled to a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) calculated with a multiple of 1.5, instead of the multiple of 1 which he received for signing a four-year extension contract on April 25, 2003. However, this ALCOAST was not in effect on the day the applicant signed the extension contract. Article 3.C.6...
This final decision, dated November 12, 2004, is signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his record to show that he is entitled to a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) calculated with a multiple of 3.5, instead of the multiple of 2.5 that he received for signing a six-year reenlistment contract on March 21, 2004. When he executed the extension contract, the applicant was counseled that he was eligible to receive a Zone B SRB with...
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS Application for the Correction of the Coast Guard Record of: BCMR Docket No. He alleged that the Coast Guard recruiter promised him the bonuses and that he (applicant) signed an enlistment contract indicating that he would receive the bonuses. He also stated that the record indicates that the bonuses requested by the applicant were not available to any service member at the time he enlisted.
of the Personnel Manual provides that extension contracts for terms of two years or less may be canceled prior to their operative dates to allow the member to sign a new, longer extension or reenlistment contract to receive an SRB. of the Personnel Manual, the applicant could have canceled his May 6, 2003, three-year extension contract by signing a six-year reenlistment contract on July 18, 2004, to obtain a Zone A SRB under ALCOAST 182/03. Canceling the extension contract will reduce the...
This final decision, dated December 29, 2004, is signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his record to show that he is entitled to a Zone B selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) calculated with seventy-two months of newly obligated service.1 He alleged that he was miscounseled about his eligibility for the SRB and that if he had been properly counseled, he would have reenlisted for six years on May 13, 2003, in lieu of extending, to...
This final decision, dated December 29, 2004, is signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his military record by canceling his four-year extension contract and replacing it with a six-year reenlistment contract. On his March 2004 extension contract, the applicant stated that the reason for the extension was “request of individual”. In accordance with the Article 1.G.15.e., he was not eligible to extend his enlistment prior to May...
This final decision, dated January 13, 2005, is signed by the three duly appointed APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his military record by canceling his 4- year reenlistment contract dated April 21, 2004, and replacing it with a 14-month extension contract. On April 17, 2002, the applicant enlisted in the regular Coast Guard for a term of 3 years, through April 16, 2005, and received a Zone A SRB pursuant to ALCOAST 485/01. On April 21, 2004, the...
The applicant’s reenlistment contract further indicates the applicant was “obligating 48 new months for SRB purposes.” There is also a Career Intentions Worksheet in the record dated January 13, 2004, which contains a handwritten notation from the person administering the oath for the applicant’s reenlistment, which states “cancel extension that is to begin 07 Feb 04, reenlisting for SRB purposes.” The record also contains a memorandum dated June 17, 2004, submitted by a yeoman first class...
This final decision, dated February 10, 2005, is signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his record by voiding his 4-year reenlistment contract dated May 11, 2000, and replacing it with a 4-year reenlistment contract dated February 8, 2000, to receive a 6th active duty anniversary1 Zone A selective reenlistment bonus (SRB).2 The applicant alleged that he was never counseled that he could reenlist on his 6th anniversary of active...
On March 25, 1991, the applicant was discharged from the Coast Guard pursuant to Article 12.B.12 of the Coast Guard Personnel Manual. The JAG stated that the applicant was separated for a physical disability and a RE-3G reenlistment code was entirely appropriate. Although the JAG and CGPC did not recommend that the requested relief be granted, neither objected to correcting the applicant’s record if the following corrections were requested by the applicant: a. b. c. Separation...
SRBs vary according to the length of each member’s active duty service, the number of months of service newly obligated by the reenlistment or extension of enlistment contract, and the need of the Coast Guard for personnel with the member’s particular skills, which is reflected in the “multiple” of the SRB authorized for the member’s skill/rating, which is published in an ALCOAST. He was counseled that pursuant to ALCOAST 182/03, he would receive a Zone A SRB calculated with 56 months of...
On May 1, 2001, he reenlisted for another 3 years, with an EOE of April 30, 2004, and received a Zone B SRB with a multiple of 2. The JAG stated that although there is no evidence that the Coast Guard conducted the 10th anniversary counseling required by Article 3.C.11.2., the applicant is nonetheless ineligible for a Zone B SRB on his10th anniversary, because he already received a Zone B SRB for his May 1, 2001, reenlistment and he cannot receive a second Zone B SRB. In accordance with...
The applicant, who was a reservist on extended active duty (EAD)2 at the time of her enlistment/reenlistment into the regular Coast Guard, alleged that she is entitled to the SRB because her previous active duty service causes her enlistment to be characterized as a reenlistment. The enlistment of Coast Guard Reserve personnel who are serving on extended active duty and who have served on extended active duty for 12 months or more shall be considered a reenlistment.” member must meet the...
The applicant alleged that when he signed a six-year extension contract on May 1, 2003, he was counseled that he would receive an SRB with a multiple of 2.5. The Board also finds that if the applicant had been properly counseled at the time of his May 1, 2003, reenlistment, he would have had the following options: Reenlist as he did for an SRB with a multiple of 2.0 under ALCOAST 329/02; a. b. c. Be discharged from the Coast Guard. of the Personnel Manual, and at the termination of said...
This final decision, dated March 31, 2005, is signed by the three duly appointed APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, an operations specialist second class (OS2), asked the Board to correct his military record to make him entitled to a Zone A selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) calculated with a multiple of 2.1 He alleged that, prior to being transferred to his current station on July 7, 2003, he was not properly counseled about his eligibility for an SRB when he signed a...
Accordingly, the JAG recommended that the applicant’s record be changed to show that he reenlisted on July 1, 2003, instead of June 30, 2003. He was given improper counseling and told that he could reenlist on June 30, 2003, to receive a SRB with a multiple of 2.5 under ALCOAST 182/03. In fact, the applicant should have waited until July 1, 2003, to reenlist for the SRB because he would have received a larger SRB because his competency code entitled him to an additional .5 multiple.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS Application for the Correction of the Coast Guard Record of: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. This final decision, dated April 21, 2005, is signed by the three duly appointed APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his record by replacing his October 1, 2002, six-year extension contract with a reenlistment contract to receive a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB)1 in accordance with ALCOAST...
SRBs vary according to the length of each member’s active duty service, the number of months of service newly obligated by the reenlistment or extension of enlistment contract, and the need of the Coast Guard for personnel with the member’s particular skills, which is reflected in the “multiple” of the SRB authorized for the member’s skill/rating, which is published in an ALCOAST. On April 5, 2005, the JAG issued a supplemental advisory opinion in this case, in which he withdrew...
The JAG stated that under Article 3.C.4.a.1. provides that “[t]o receive a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB), a 1 Hurricane Isabel made landfall in North Carolina on September 18, 2003. member must reenlist within three months from date of discharge and meet the eligibil- ity requirements … .” Article 3.C.4.a.1. Assuming arguendo that he submitted paperwork to reenlist in late July 2003, as he alleged, the Board knows of no law that required the Coast Guard to process his application and...
The applicant, who was a reservist serving on extended active duty (EAD)2 at the time of his entry into the regular Coast Guard, alleged that he is entitled to the SRB because he meets the criteria to receive an SRB for his enlistment/reenlistment. The enlistment of Coast Guard Reserve personnel who are serving on extended active duty and who have served on extended active duty for 12 months or more shall be considered a reenlistment.” ALCOAST 132/02 was issued in March 2002, and provides...
This final decision, dated May 19, 2005, is signed by the three duly appointed APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his military record to show that he enlisted in the Regular Coast Guard on November 3, 1998, for four years, rather than six, and then reenlisted on November 3, 2002, for six years, to receive a Zone A SRB. SUMMARY OF THE APPLICANT’S RECORD The applicant enlisted in the Coast Guard Reserve on April 20, 1998, for a period of eight years...
This final decision, dated August 11, 2005, is signed by the three duly appointed APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his military record by canceling his five- year extension contract dated April 2, 1999, and replacing it with a seven-month extension followed by a six-year reenlistment to receive a Zone B selective reenlistment bonus (SRB)1 calculated with a multiple of 2.0. to obligate sufficient service to transfer and reenlisted when the SRB was...
The applicant alleged that the Coast Guard recruiter told him that he would receive half of the bonus upon completing “A” School and half upon completing one year of service. SUMMARY OF THE RECORD On January 28, 2004, the applicant signed a CG-3307 (Page 7)1 acknowledging that he would receive a $4000 SELRES bonus for enlisting in the Coast Guard Reserve. The Coast Guard stated that the applicant received the $4000 SELRES bonus he was promised when he enlisted in the Reserves.
He stated that the Coast Guard erred and that the applicant was only required to extend her enlistment for 2 years and 9 months to obligate sufficient service for transfer. The preponderance of the evidence suggests that if she had been properly counseled, she would have signed a 2 year, 9 month extension contract to obligate sufficient service to accept her transfer orders. [ORDER AND SIGNATURES APPEAR ON NEXT PAGE] ORDER The military record of YN3 XXXX XXXXX, xxx xx xxxx, USCG, shall be...
of the Coast Guard Personnel Manual states that to receive a Zone A SRB, the member cannot have previously received a Zone A SRB. The counseling was erroneous because the applicant received a Zone A SRB for his September 22, 2001, reenlistment, and pursuant to Article 3.C.4.a.6. Therefore, the Board finds that if the applicant had received proper SRB counseling in accordance with Article 3.C.3., he would have (a) extended his enlistment for 23 months instead of reenlisting in July 2003 and...
This final decision, dated November 17, 2005, is signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his military record by replacing his six- year reenlistment contract with a six-year extension contract so that he will receive a Zone A selective reenlistment bonus (SRB)1 calculated with 72 months of newly obli- gated service instead of 52 months. Enclosure (1) to COMDTINST 7220.33 states that to receive a Zone A SRB, the member must...
This final decision, dated April 5, 2006, is signed by the three duly appointed APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his record so that he will be entitled to receive a Zone A selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) for reenlisting on his sixth active duty anniversary in May 2001 and a Zone B SRB for reenlisting on his tenth active duty anniversary in May 2005.1 The applicant alleged that he was eligible for a Zone A SRB when he extended his original...
2 Obligated service refers to all periods of military service covered by signed agreements in the form of enlistment contracts, reenlistment contracts and/or agreements to extend enlistment between Coast Guard members and the U.S. Coast Guard where members agree to serve for designated periods of time. When he received transfer orders in June 2003, the applicant should have been required to obligate sufficient service to complete a full tour of duty (four years) before accepting the...
In his application to the BCMR, the applicant alleged that when he reenlisted on May 2, 2003, he was not advised that because he was signing an indefinite reenlistment it was his last opportunity to sell leave until he retired from the Coast Guard. In that case, the JAG recommended that the Board grant relief because there was no evidence in the applicant’s record that he was counseled about the lump sum leave policy when he signed the indefinite reenlistment contract. CGPC stated in...
In his application to the BCMR, the applicant alleged that he was counseled that he was signing a 2-year reenlistment contract when he integrated from the Coast Guard Reserve into the regular Coast Guard on April 1, 2003.1 He also alleged that the aforementioned enlistment contract was blank with respect to the term of the enlistment and that he did not initial block 13a to certify that he did not have any more questions regarding the enlistment. In addition, the applicant’s CO stated in a...
of the Coast Guard Training and Education Manual, before reporting to “A” school on January 22, 2000, she needed to obligate sufficient service — 19 more months — to complete the 14 weeks of school and have 26 months remaining on her enlistment upon completion of the school.3 Therefore, the applicant is entitled to have the term of her January 20, 2000, extension contract corrected to 19 months. The Board finds that if the applicant had been properly counseled regarding her SRB eligibility,...
On March 17, 2005, the applicant executed a six-year extension contract to obligate service for a one-year tour aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Baranof. Moreover, he should have been advised that under Article 3.C.5.6 of Personnel Manual, he could cancel the extension before it became operative and reenlist for an SRB while he was in the combat zone. These corrections will allow him to receive an SRB under ALCOAST 332/05 calculated with a multiple of 3 pursuant to a reenlistment contract...
This final decision, dated September 28, 2006, is signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, a boatswain’s mate first class (BM1), asked the Board to correct his record to show that he reenlisted on February 14, 2001, for a 6th anniversary1 selective reenlistment bonus (SRB).2 In addition, the applicant asked the Board to correct his 1 On a member’s 6th and 10th active duty anniversary, the member is eligible to reenlist for either a Zone A or a Zone B SRB if...
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The JAG also stated that the applicant was legally entitled to the remaining Zone B SRB payments for his 1998 reenlistment although the SRB regulations did not expressly address the unusual circumstances of the applicant’s case.3 The JAG recommended that the Board void the 2002 contract; reinstate the June 15, 1998, contract to make the applicant eligible for further SRB installments for his service from October 26, 2002, through June 14, 2004; and enter an indefinite reenlistment contract...
The Board finds that the Coast Guard committed an error by not counseling the applicant on a Page 7 when he reenlisted on September 13, 1997, as required by Article 2 of Enclosure (1) to COMDINST 7220.33. The applicant alleged that he would not have reenlisted on September 13, 1997, if he had known that he was not required to do so until his enlistment expired on July 12, 1999.5 The Board finds that if the applicant had been properly counseled on September 13, 1997, he would have had the...
On August 19, 2001, the applicant and a Coast Guard yeoman signed a Page 7 (form CG-3307)1 documenting that he had been advised by the yeoman that he was eligible to receive a $5000 bonus if he reenlisted in the Coast Guard Reserve for six years. Accordingly, because the applicant signed his reenlistment contract on August 30, 2001, he should have known within two or three months after signing that contract that he had not received the initial payment of his reenlistment bonus. If the...
3 To be eligible for a Zone B SRB, a member must have completed “at least 6 years but not more than 10 years of active service on the date of reenlistment or operative date of the extension.” Coast Guard Personnel Manual, Article 3.C.4.b.3. He stated that upon receiving transfer orders to the Coast Guard Integrated Support Command (ISC) and the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in Seattle, he was counseled by a Coast Guard yeoman1 that he was eligible to reenlist or extend for up to six years for a...
This final decision, dated November 15, 2007, is approved and signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, who was released from active duty (RELAD) as an EM2/E-5 on July 21, 2006, asked the Board to backdate the date of his reenlistment from November 21, 2006, to October 21, 2006, so that he will be entitled to a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB).1 The appli- cant stated that sometime after his RELAD, he realized “how good the Coast Guard life is” and so...
The JAG stated that after a thorough review of the applicant’s record, he had determined that the most advanta- geous correction the Board could make would be to rescind its Order in the applicant’s prior case and leave in place his six-year extension dated April 13, 2006. The JAG stated that, contrary to the applicant’s belief, the SRB he would receive for the April 13, 2006, extension contract would be based on all 72 months of newly obligated service. Because an extension contract does...
The JAG stated that the applicant is not eligible to receive an SRB for reenlisting on April 1, 2007, because on that date he had never previously enlisted in the regular Coast Guard and he had served only five months on extended active duty under Title 10. He disagreed with the recommendation therein, stating that when his request to integrate from the Reserve into the regular Coast Guard was approved, he “was assured that everything had been taken care of regarding my prior service time...
He stated, however, that the SRB he received for signing the July 7, 2005, reenlistment contract was calculated with a multiple of 1.0. The applicant alleged that prior to signing the reenlistment contract, he contacted his servicing personnel office (SPO) regarding his bonus, and was told that he was eligible to reenlist for six years to receive a Zone B SRB calculated with a multiple of 1.5. The applicant’s record contains a Page 7 and a reenlistment contract, both dated July 7, 2005,...
This final decision, dated May 29, 2008, is approved and signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, a first class gunner’s mate (GM1/E-6), asked the Board to correct his record to show that he reenlisted for six years on both his sixth and tenth active duty anniversa- ries to receive Zone A and Zone B selective reenlistment bonuses (SRBs).1 The applicant alleged that on November 16, 2006, he learned from his unit’s yeoman that he had been eligible to receive...
2008-004 SUMMARY OF THE RECORD The applicant asked that his record be corrected so that he is entitled to the 42 months of a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) payment that was deducted as previously obligated service from the Zone B SRB that he received as a result of his May 15, 2007 reenlistment. The Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Coast Guard recommended that the Board grant the applicant’s request because the Coast Guard failed to counsel the applicant correctly about the amount of...
The Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Coast Guard recommended that the Board grant the applicant’s request because his record supports his claim that the extension was not at his request but was required to obligate service to attend food specialist “A” school. ORDER The application of XXXXXXXXX, USCG, for correction of his military record is granted. His March 3, 2006, extension contract shall be corrected to show that that he extended by reason of “school/training requirement,” instead...
In this regard, the Coast Guard recommended that the extension contract be corrected to show that the applicant agreed to extend his enlistment for a period of 4 years and 6 months (54 months); that the extension was for the purpose of a PCS transfer; and that the applicant was entitled to receive a SRB with a multiple of 0.5. On its face, the extension agreement shows that on April 9, 2007, the applicant and the Coast Guard executed an agreement that required the applicant to extend his...
This final decision, dated September 11, 2008, is approved and signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his record to show that the selective reenlistment bonus (SRB)1 he received for extending his enlistment in order to transfer from the CGC ADAK, which was stationed in Bahrain, to the CGC RUSH is tax exempt. Coast Guard Personnel Manual, Article 3.C. of the Personnel Manual, members may not sign a reenlistment or extension...
This final decision, dated September 11, 2008, is approved and signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his military record to show that he elected to have his Zone A selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) paid to him in a lump sum. When the applicant reenlisted on June 16, 2007, he had the option under ALCOAST 304/07 issued on June 15, 2007 of having his SRB paid in a lump sum or in installments. Under the ALCOAST, the Coast Guard...