1999-027, the applicant had been promised a Reserve enlistment bonus by her recruiter. 2005-117, the applicant stated that he was promised a $4000 SELRES enlistment bonus by his recruiter. In addition, if he meets or has met the participation standards under Chapter 4 of the Reserve Policy Manual during the year following his completion of MST “A” School, his record shall be corrected to show that he is eligible for and entitled to the second half of the $5,000 SELRES enlistment bonus he...
On the day I was counseled, I repeatedly asked my XPO if he was sure that I could cancel the extension orders once I made second class for the purpose of reenlisting for the full amount of the SRB. The first time around the Coast Guard recommended relief in my case. Therefore, the applicant’s claim to a future full SRB entitlement by remaining at Station Valdez until he made E-5 is unfounded.” The applicant has submitted evidence which proves that he would have been allowed to remain in...
The Board recommended granting relief, despite the fact that the Personnel Manual in effect at the time required only that members reenlisting receive SRB counseling. Given this regulation and the applicant's statement that "to the best of [his] knowledge [he] was not counseled" about his SRB eligibility in 1981, the Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence indicates that the applicant was not counseled about his SRB eligibility when he signed the 13-month extension contract on...
This final decision, dated July 16, 2009, is approved and signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, an intelligence specialist, third class (IS3), asked the Board to correct his record to show that he signed a four-year reenlistment contract on July 16, 2008, to receive a Zone A selective reenlistment bonus (SRB).1 He alleged that when he received his transfer orders to Portsmouth, VA, he was erroneously counseled about his SRB eligibility and...
The JAG stated that although the applicant’s September 30, 2008, enlistment/reenlistment contract states that he was entitled to receive an SRB, he was not eligible for an SRB because he served only 11 months on active duty when he integrated into the regular Coast Guard, and a reservist must have served at least 12 months continuous active duty for an enlistment in the regular Coast Guard to be considered a reenlistment. The enlistment of Coast Guard Reserve personnel who are serving on...
Coast Guard members who have at least 21 months but no more than 6 years of active duty service are in “Zone A,” while those who have more than 6 but less than 10 years of active duty service are in “Zone B.” Members may not receive more than one SRB per zone. The JAG argued that the applicant was eligible only for a Zone B SRB because he had completed more than seven years of active duty when he reenlisted, and pursuant to Article 3.C.4.b.3. The Board will exercise its authority and grant...
The Page 7 with the Affiliation Agreement dated April 2, 2007, and the promise of the $8,200 Affiliation Bonus, which the applicant submitted, was not included in the copy of his military record provided to the Board by the Coast Guard. To be eligible to receive a bonus for SELRES affiliation a person: a. must be released from active duty (RELAD) under honorable conditions from the Coast Guard or another military service; b. must be eligible for reenlistment or for extension of his or her...
The Coast Guard erred when it counseled the applicant that he was eligible to receive a Zone B SRB for signing a six-year reenlistment contract on January 31, 2002. of the Personnel Manual, which show that a member’s SRB equals his monthly basic pay, multiplied by the SRB multiple authorized under the ALCOAST in effect, multiplied the number of months of service newly obligated under the contract, and divided by 12, if the appli- cant had reenlisted for four years on this 6th anniversary...
Under Article 3.C.4.b.1., the first criterion for a Zone B SRB is that the member must “[r]eenlist not later than 3 months after discharge or release from active duty in a rating authorized an SRB multiple.” The JAG stated, however, that the applicant was eligible for a Zone B SRB on his tenth anniversary under ALCOAST 283/06 and that the lack of a Page 7 documenting SRB counseling for the anniversary supports the applicant’s allegation that he was not timely counseled. of the Personnel...
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. His record does not On July 1, 2007, the applicant reported for duty to Station Miami Beach, and on July 7th...
The JAG recommended that the Board authorize payment of the SRB for the extension contract. of the Personnel Manual states that to be eligible for a Zone B SRB, the member must “[h]ave completed at least 6 but not more than 10 years active service on the date of reenlistment or the operative date of the extension.” Article 3.C.2.6. states that the operative date is “[t]he date the extension begins to run.” In addition, Article 1.G.19.
of the Personnel Manual, SRBs are calculated on the member’s basic pay as of the day before the date of reenlistment. Therefore, the maximum Zone A SRB the applicant could have received on his 6th anniversary was $16,803.00 ((SRB multiple 2) x ($1,680.30 monthly basic pay) x (60 months of newly obligated service) ÷ 12). Under ALCOAST 283/06, which was in effect on the applicant’s 10th anniversary, he was eligible for a Zone B SRB calculated with a multiple of 0.5 and the monthly basic pay...
2009-200 SUMMARY OF THE RECORD The applicant asked the Board to correct the effective date on his November 17, 2005 13-month extension agreement from November 17, 2005 to July 27, 2008. The Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Coast Guard found that the effective date on the applicant’s November 17, 2005 extension agreement is erroneous and should be corrected. The applicant enlisted in the Coast Guard for four years on July 27, 2004.
However, he stated, “Knowing that the SRB message [a new ALCOAST] was set to come out a month from that time, I opted to just extend for three months to wait and see if the SRB multiple might increase.” The applicant alleged that the YN3 told him that if he extended his enlistment for just 3 months and the SRB multiple changed under the new ALCOAST, he could cancel the extension by reenlisting to get an SRB after he arrived at his new unit. However, there is no Page 7 dated May 1, 2009,...
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS Application for the Correction of the Coast Guard Record of: BCMR Docket No. The Coast Guard paid him the SRB based on only 11 months of newly obligated service because in February 2008, the applicant had signed a 36-month extension contract to obligate service to accept transfer orders. of the Personnel Manual, the applicant could not accept his transfer orders without signing at least a three-year extension.6 The...
of the Personnel Manual states that to be entitled to a Zone B SRB, the member must “[h]ave completed at least 6 but not more than 10 years active service on the date of reenlistment or the operative date of the extension.” Therefore, no reenlistment contract that the applicant signed prior to his 6th anniversary would entitle him to a Zone B SRB, and the promises of the SRB on the contract and Page 7 dated June 19, 2009, are clearly erroneous. Because his then-current enlistment ran...
2009-239 SUMMARY OF THE RECORD The applicant asked the Board to correct the signature dates on his March 14, 2009, 6- year reenlistment contract and to pay him the selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) cited on the contract. The contract, which was entered in the applicant’s record, reenlists him for 6 years as of March 14, 2009, but the signatures are dated January 15, 2009. June 8, 2010 Date *The third member of the Board was unavailable.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS Under the Personnel Manual, commanding officers may only discharge and reenlist members within 3 months of the end of their enlistment (EOE) or their 6th or 10th active duty anniversaries or when the members are in receipt of orders that require additional obligated service. Because the applicant had already obligated service through August 1, 2011, when he received transfer orders requiring just 1 year of obligated service in May 2009, there was no authority in the...
2009-258 SUMMARY OF THE RECORD The applicant asked the Board to order the Coast Guard to pay him the selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) that is cited on his June 29, 2009, six-year reenlistment contract. of the Personnel Manual, was authorized to reenlist for a longer period to receive an SRB. (2) states that enlisted members receiving tuition assistance “do not incur a service obligation but must complete the course of instruction prior to RELAD, separation or retirement.” Therefore,...
APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to order the Coast Guard to pay him a 0.5 selective reen- listment bonus (SRB) multiple “kicker” in addition to the 2.0 SRB multiple he received for sign- ing a 5-year reenlistment contract that is dated June 13, 2003, when ALCOAST 329/021 was in effect, but which, he alleged, he actually signed on July 5, 2003, when ALCOAST 182/032 was in effect. In support of his allegations, he submitted a copy of the contract with a...
The JAG recommended that the Board deny relief, arguing that the applicant was not eligible for an SRB because he did not complete 17 months of continuous active duty prior to signing the contract, and because his June 28, 2009, contract was an enlistment, rather than a reenlistment since he had not served more than 12 months on extended active duty. However, the applicant was not eligible for an SRB for integrating into the regular Coast Guard on June 28, 2009, for two reasons: First, he...
The military record submitted by the Coast Guard does not contain either the Page 7 with the promise of the $6,000 enlistment bonus or his SELRES enlistment contract. 1999-027, the applicant had been promised a Reserve enlistment bonus by her recruiter. In addition, if he meets or has met the participation standards under Chapter 4 of the Reserve Policy Manual during the year following his completion of MST “A” School, his record shall be corrected to show that he is eligible for and...
This final decision, dated July 16, 2009, is approved and signed by the three duly appoint- APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, a boatswain’s mate, third class (BM3), in the Coast Guard, asked the Board to correct his record to show that he is entitled to a $2,000 enlistment bonus for enlisting in the Coast Guard on October 16, 2007, and agreeing to serve in the BM rate. The JAG admitted and the Board finds that the Coast Guard committed an error by refusing to pay the...
2010-036 SUMMARY OF THE RECORD The applicant asked the Board to correct his record to show that he signed a 6-year reen- listment contract on November 13, 2009, to receive a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) with a 3.0 kicker calculated with 67 months of newly obligated service. If he had correctly signed a 21-month extension contract on April 25, 2008, obligating service through December 20, 2011, he would have been required to sign a 14-month extension contract on Jan- uary 20, 2009,...
2010-050 SUMMARY OF THE RECORD The applicant asked to be paid a $6,000 Selected Reserve (SELRES) enlistment bonus that she was promised for her 6-year enlistment on August 7, 2007. The Page 7 dated July 19, 2007, shows that in promising her the bonus, her recruiter relied on an ALCOAST that was no longer in effect. Therefore, the Board finds that the recruiter’s promise should be kept, and the applicant should be paid the enlistment bonus in accordance with the payment terms of the ALCOASTs.
There is no evidence of the July 28, 2009, extension contract in the record submitted to the Board by the Coast Guard, which contains only his original 6-year enlistment dated October 29, 2003, and the 4- year reenlistment dated October 14, 2009, and contains no Page 7s documenting SRB counseling. The JAG alleged that the applicant could have reenlisted for an SRB on July 28, 2009, and recommended that the Board reenlist the applicant for 4 years on that date for an SRB calculated with...
VIEWS OF THE COAST GUARD The Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Coast Guard stated that typically when the proper personnel office receives a message about a member’s eligibility for advancement on a supplemental advancement list one month, the member’s name is added to the list the following month, and “the member is advanced the third month.” Therefore, when the applicant’s com- mand sent a message about his eligibility for advancement to an electronic address that had recently become...
His record also contains a Page 7 documenting SRB counseling on April 15, 2009, and stating that he would receive an SRB based on 22 months of newly obligated service as a result of reenlisting for 4 years. The Page 7 also states that he was eligible to reenlist or extend his enlistment “for a maximum of 4 years.” The signatures on the reenlistment contract are dated April 15, 2009, but the typed date of reenlistment on the front page is July 12, 2011. In response to the JAG’s...
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, COMDT- INST M1000.6A, PERSONNEL MANUAL, Art. of the Personnel Manual, he would have reenlisted on October 2, 2009, so that he would be entitled to the SRB and not have any previously obligated service remaining to run on his prior enlistment, which would reduce his SRB.10 The Board notes that the applicant asked to be reen- 8 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, COMDTINST M1000.6A, PERSONNEL MANUAL, Art. However, the Coast Guard transferred the applicant with only one year...
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, COMDT- INST M1000.6A, PERSONNEL MANUAL, Art. Therefore, the preponderance of the 5 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, COMDTINST M1000.6A, PERSONNEL MANUAL, Art. The Coast Guard shall correct her record to show that she canceled her four-month extension contract dated November 21, 2006, by reenlisting for a Zone A SRB on July 15, 2009, for a term of 4, 5, or 6 years, at her discretion.
The Board notes that the JAG alleged that the applicant should also have been advised of his Zone A SRB eligibility on his 6th anniversary, April 28, 2009, pursuant to Article 3.C.9. There is no Page 7 in the applicant’s record documenting SRB counseling on his 6th anniversary, but since he had already extended his enlistment through February 26, 2016, to receive a Zone B SRB and so could not reenlist for just 6 years, through April 27, 2015, to receive a Zone A SRB, he was not actually...
This final decision, dated December 30, 2010, is approved and signed by the three duly APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct her military record so that she is eligible for a $3,000 bonus for affiliating with the Selected Reserve (SELRES) for six years, which included the 15 months that remained on her initial eight-year military service obligation (MSO) from her 2002 enlistment. The JAG found, and the Board agrees, that the Coast Guard violated...
Members are placed on and advanced from the list in the order in which PSC receives the messages. This message stated in pertinent part: For members not in a retirement eligible status, or serving on an indefinite enlistment contract, the obligated service requirement for the purposes of PCS orders shall be executed within 5 days of orders issuance. PSC then ordered the applicant discharged under ALCOAST 173/10, for refusing to obligate service for PCS orders, although the...
I understand on return to Active Duty, I will enlist in or be appointed to the same grade or rate last held while serving on Active Duty.” On January 27, 2009, the Personnel Command issued orders to discharge the applicant from the Reserve and enlist her in the regular Coast Guard on May 29, 2009, in accordance with Article 1.G.2.a. Based on that old ADBD, the PSC alleged that the applicant’s “expected active duty termination date/end of ser- vice date should be April 21, 2025, a period of...
Annex C to his reenlistment con- tract contains the bonus agreement, and line #9 states the following: “Should I be discharged prior to the completion of my six year active duty commitment as a result of my own fault, I will be required to repay the portion of my bonus for the time I did not serve on active duty.” The applicant completed ET “A” School and received the bonus, but he voluntarily separated from the Coast Guard on July 13, 2010, more than 1 year before completing his initial 6...
2011-221 SUMMARY OF THE RECORD The applicant, a boatswain’s mate second class (BM2), in the Coast Guard Selected Reserve (SELRES) asked the Board to correct his record to show that he is eligible to receive the $4,000 enlistment bonus that he was promised for signing an 8-year Reserve enlistment contract and agreeing to serve in the BM rate. The JAG stated that although the applicant was not eligible for a bonus under the applicable ALCOAST, he should nonetheless receive the bonus because...
The JAG stated that the applicant should have received the second half of the bonus one year after completing his first reserve drill on December 31, 2010. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS The applicant is entitled to receive the second half ($5,500) of the $11,000 SELRES affiliation bonus that he was promised for signing a 3-year SELRES enlistment contract on December 31, 2010, because he meets the requirements for the bonus set forth in ALCOAST 304/10. ORDER The application of XXXXXXXXXXX, xxx...
Although both his orders and the CSTB agreement state that OS “A” School graduates who agree to obligate at least 4 years of service will receive the CSTB, the applicable ALCOAST states that the CSTB is available only to non-rated members who attend OS “A” School. Because the applicant was a rated member (BM3) when he reported to OS “A” School, he was not eligible for the bonus under the terms of the ALCOAST. Accordingly, the applicant should receive the bonus because his transfer orders...
This final decision, dated May 2, 2012, is signed by the three duly appointed members APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant, a chief operations specialist (OSC) asked the Board to correct his record to show that he is eligible to receive a Zone A selective reenlistment bonus (SRB)1 on his sixth active duty anniversary. 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...