AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
IN THE MATTER OF:
DOCKET NUMBER: 97-03220
COUNSEL: NONE
HEARING DESIRED: NO
APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:
His record, to include the citations to accompany the awarding of
the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service
Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, lst Oak Leaf Cluster,
and the Joint Service Commendation Medal, lst Oak Leaf Cluster,
be considered for promotion to the grade of major by the next
available Special Selection Board (SSB) for the Calendar Year
1997 Central Major Selection Board.
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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:
Without these award citations, which were all received as a
captain, he feels that his OSR at the CY97 Major Board did not
accurately document his service.
He states that he requests consideration for the next SSB to
ensure that his complete service record receives p, fair and
equitable promotion consideration.
The selection brief in the OSR is also incomplete regarding his
overseas duty history for the period 25 June 1981 through 30 June
1983. The duty location is blank and should be reflected as West
Berlin (WB).
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Applicant's complete submission, with attachments, is attached at
Exhibit A.
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
The applicant is currently serving on extended active duty in the
grade of captain.
Applicant was considered and not selected for promotion to the
grade of major by the CY97C Central Major Selection Board.
OPR profile since 1991, follows:
PERIOD ENDING
EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL
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27- Jun 91
27 Jun 92
27 Jun 93
27 Jun 94
12 Feb 95
15 Nov 95
"15 Nov 96
Meets Standards
Meets Standards
Meets Standards
Meets Standards
Meets Standards
Meets Standards
Meets Standards
of CY97C board
* Report on file at time
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AIR FORCE EVALUATION:
The Chief, Reports and Queries Team, AFPC/DPAISl, reviewed the
application and states that they discovered that the code "WB"
was placed in the system; however, this code does not exist in
HAF Table 38, Country State Codes. The appropriate code for
Berlin is "BZ" and has been corrected by DPAIP.
A complete copy of the evaluation is attached at Exhibit C.
The Chief, Appeals and SSB Branch, AFPC/DPPPA, reviewed the
application and states that they agree that the citations for the
decorations were missing.
However, the purpose of having a
citation included in the record is not to allow board members the
opportunity to peruse the comments thereon, although they may do
so if they are so inclined. The purpose is to make them aware of
the level of the decorations. In accordance with AFI 36-2608,
Table A2.1, Item 329, orders granting decorations may be filed
and maintained when a like citation is not available. This
speaks to the knowledge that a decoration was given as opposed to
the contents contained in the citation.
Even though the
contested decoration citations were not on file in the OSR when
the board convened, the board knew of their existence as
evidenced by both the entries on the OSB and a memorandnrfrom HQ
AFPC/DPPBRl to the applicant's servicing Military Personnel
Flight (MPF), requesting they notify the applicant of the missing
citations and take corrective action. They are opposed to the
applicant receiving SSB consideration for the CY97C promotion
board since the board members were aware of the decorations and
factored them into their promotion evaluation. The decoration
citations are now on file in the OSR.
They were filed on
7 November 1997. In reference to the overseas duty history, each
eligible officer considered by the CY97C board received detailed
instruction for review of their preselection briefs (PSBs) and
associated records. The instruction clearly state, "Officers are
responsible for reviewing their PRF, OPRs and data on their
preselection brief for accuracy prior to the board date,
addressing all concerns and discrepancies through their servicing
MPF, and if necessary, their chain of command and senior rater.
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reasonable diligence, the officer should have discovered an error
or omission in his/her records and could have taken timely
correction action." While the applicant claims his MPF attempted
to update the information in the overseas duty history section of
his OPB, he could have also notified the board president of the
omission of the system code by letter prior to the board if he
believed it important to his promotion consideration. They state
that central boards evaluate the entire OSR assessing whole
person factors. The selection board had the applicant's entire
OSR that clearly outlined his accomplishments since the date he
came on. active duty.
Furthermore, they do not believe the
absence of the decoration citations or the missing locatidn on
the OSB in the overseas duty history section were the sole causes
of the applicant's nonselection. Therefore they recommend denial
of applicant's request.
A complete copy of the evaluation is attached at Exhibit D.
APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:
The applicant reviewed the advisory opinions and states that the
basis of his appeal is that his OSR was incomplete and did not
accurately document his service, and he still feels this is
justified. If decoration citations are only included to make a
board aware of the decorations, the fact that the OSB
accomplishes this raises the question as to why the citations are
even included. He contends that citations are included as part
of the whole person factors, and are included in an OSR for that
very reason. What concerns him about his incomplete OSR is the
message it may have sent to the board. It could haWe note that applicant's records have now been corrected to reflect his correct duty Air Force Specialty Code (DAFSC), and duty titles during the contested time period; therefore, the only issue for this Board to decide is promotion consideration by a Special Selection Board (SSB). Therefore, we recommend his corrected record be considered by Special Selection Board for the CY97C board. There is no evidence any steps were taken to make a correction to the DAFSC or duty title from the...
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