DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

WASHINGTON, DC 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 
AFBCMR 97-03524 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF 

Having received and considered the recommendation of the Air Force Board for 

Correction of Military Records and under the authority of Section 1552, Title 10, United States 
Code (70A Stat 116), it is directed that: 

litary records of the Department of the Air Force relating t 
to include an Officer Selection Brief (OSB) reflecting a duty title of "MH- 

53J ACFT CC/CHIEF MOBILTY," effective 1 1 July 1996; a duty title of "MH-53J ACFT 
CCLFLT CC WAR READ," effective 1 December 1996; and a duty Air Force Specialty Code of 
"K11S3A" and duty title of "MH-53J INS AC/ASST OPERS OFF," effective 1 March 1997, be 
considered for promotion to the grade of major by a Special Selection Board for the Calendar Year 
1997C Central Major Selection Board. 

V  Air Force Review Boards Agency 

AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 

IN THE MATTER OF: 

DOCKET NUMBER:  9 
COUNSEL:  None 
HEARING DESIRED:  No 

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: 

1.  The  Officer  Selection Brief  (OSB) reviewed by  the  Calendar 
Year 1997 (97C) major selection board be corrected to reflect: 

a.  Duty Air Force Specialty Code  (DAFSC) as K11S3A. 
b. 

Duty Title as MH-53J Acft CC/Chief of Mobility,  llS3A, 

effective 11 July 1996. 
c.  Duty  Title  as  MH-53J  Acft  CC/War  Readiness  Flt/CC, 
llS3A, effective 1 December 1996. 
d.  Duty Title Asst. Ops Officer, K11S3A, effective 1 March 
1997. 
The addition of an Air Force Commendation Medal  (AFCM). 
e. 
(This portion of his appeal has been withdrawn and resubmitted as 
another request.) 
2.  His corrected record be given promotion consideration to the 
grade  of major  by  Special  Selection Board  (SSB) for  the  CY97C 
board. 

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: 
When his OSB was reviewed by the primary  selection board it did 
not reflect the correct duty titles and DAFSC.  These items have 
been corrected at Hurlburt Field Military Personnel Flight  (MPF) 
and  copies  of  the  transactions  are  attached  (dated 9 Jan  98). 
This missing information may have caused nonselection to major by 
the CY97 board and he is requesting SSB with the corrections made 
in his record. 

In  support  of  his  request,  the  applicant  submitted  a  copy  of 
Special Order for the AFCM  (that was  later withdrawn), a letter 
of support from the  Director of Operations, his OPR  reflecting 
the correct duty title and a copy of AF Form 8, Certification of 
Aircrew Qualifications. 
Applicant’s complete submission is attached at Exhibit A. 

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STATEMENT OF FACTS: 
The applicant is currently serving on extended active duty in the 
grade of captain. 
He was considered and not selected for promotion to the grade of 
major by the CY97C central major board. 
The following is a result of his OPRs since promotion to captain: 

PERIOD ENDING 
11 J u l   1991 
28 Nov 1991 
27 Aug 1992 
16 Jun 1993 
16 Jun 1994 
16 Jun 1995 
*  16 Jun 1996 
11 Apr 1997 

OVERALL  EVALUATION 
Meets Standard (MS) 

MS 
MS 
MS 
MS 
MS 
MS 
MS 

*  Top report reviewed ,~y the CY97C board. 

AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 
The Chief,  Reports  and  Queries  Team, AFPC/DPAISl,  reviewed the 
application and stated that based on the AF Forms submitted and 
the OPRs contained in the member's  records, the duty titles have 
been  corrected  by  the  MPF. 
They  concurred  with  these 
corrections.  The DAFSC was changed to reflect "K"  prefix based 
on the AF Form 2096 submitted. 
A complete copy of the evaluation is attached at Exhibit C. 
The Chief, Officer Promotion and Appointment Branch, AFPC/DPPPO, 
reviewed  the  application  and  noted  that  there  were  two  AFCM 
citations posted to the applicant's  OSR at the time of the CY97C 
major  board.  They  recommended  denial  of  this  portion  of  his 
request  (Exhibit D).  In a  subsequent evaluation,  they advised 
that applicant had submitted another request regarding this issue 
and that this evaluation should be disregarded  (Exhibit E). 
AFPC/DPPPO  addressed the  issue of the  SSB,  on the basis  of  the 
changes made to applicant's records in the Personnel Data System 
(PDS).  They recommend denial for SSB in view of the fact that 
applicant provided no evidence or information to suggest that he 
took  any  action  to  make  these  corrections prior  to  the  CY97C 
board.  He was provided an Officer Preselection Brief  (OPB)  and 
in all likelihood these errors were present on this brief.  There 
was ample time to review his record in order to ensure that it 
reflected his correct DAFSC and duty history.  He also could have 

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communicated the error to the board via a letter, however, there 
is no evidence such a letter was written by the applicant. 
Complete copies of the evaluations are attached at Exhibits D and 
E. 
The  Chief,  Appeals  and  SSB  Branch,  AFPC/DPPPA,  reviewed  the 
application  and  stated  that  they  concurred  with  AFPC/DPPPO's 
advisory not to recommend granting him SSB consideration. 
A complete copy of the evaluation is attached at Exhibit F. 

APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 
The  applicant reviewed  the Air  Force  evaluations and  responded 
that  he  does  not  believes  that  any  one  error  resulted  in  his 
nonselection  for  promotion  but  rather  the  combination  of 
incorrect duty history, AFSC  and missing AFAM  on his  OSB.  He 
does not believe the selection board gave as much consideration 
to the entire record.  The incorrect AFSC  alone depicted him as 
downgraded to co-pilot although he had been an Aircraft Commander 
since November  1993 and  recently  upgraded to  Instructor Pilot. 
He stated that he did not send a letter to the  selection board 
because he believed his records had finally been corrected in the 
PC-I11  system.  He  requests  that based  on  the  above data,  his 
records should be submitted for consideration by an SSB. 
Applicant's complete response is attached at Exhibit H. 
The  Chief, Rotary Wing  Programs,  submitted a  letter  confirming 
the  applicant's  duty  history  from  July  1996 through  July  1997. 
The Chief stated that he was applicant's Deputy Commander during 
the contested time period  and  that  during  this period  they had 
multiple  problems  with  PC-I11  system  accepting  duty  history 
changes and then later rejecting these changes and reverting to 
prior  AFSCs.  They  continually  played  catch  up  attempting  to 
The 
ensure  that  personnel  had  their  correct  duty  titles. 
applicant's  OPR  and  PRF  reflected  his  accurate  AFSC  and  duty 
title  when  meeting  his  first  board  and  his  OSB  should  have 
matched this.  The applicant took an active interest in ensuring 
that he  had  accurate data  in  the  PC-I11 and  inquired on every 
occasion  possible  between  multiple  temporary  duty  assignments 
(TDY) throughout  the  Pacific.  He  was  at  home  station a  very 
limited portion  of  the  spring  of  1997 due  to  TDY  commitments. 
The  changes were  made  to  the  system and  later  rejected by  the 
system with  both  the  applicant and  the  squadron believing  that 
they had been accepted  (Exhibit I). 
The Operation Officer,  16th Special Operations Wing,  submitted a 
letter in behalf of applicant stating that during the contested 
time period, he was the Operations Officer for the 31 SOS, Osan 

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AB,  Korea.  He  states  he  was  directly  involved  in  the  daily 
supervision of  applicant  and  indicated  applicant's  duty titles 
were during this time period.  He substantiated that there were 
constant corrections being made to the PC-1II.system (Exhibit J). 
In addition,  the  CV-22  Test  Manager,  submitted  a  statement  in 
behalf of applicant stating that during the contested time period 
his staff worked to correct the problems with the PC-I11 system. 
They thought the corrections had taken; in addition, considering 
the  collective  effort  made  to  correct  the  PC-I11  problem,  he 
considers  that  applicant  exercised  reasonable  diligence  to 
correct the error/omission but got no indication that the problem 
still  existed  before  the  board.  Therefore,  he  could  take  no 
further corrective action (Exhibit K). 

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT: 
1.  The applicant has exhausted all remedies provided by existing 
law or regulations. 

2.  The application was,timely filed. 
3.  Sufficient  relevant  evidence  has  been  presented  to 
demonstrate  the  existence  of probable  error  or  injustice.  We 
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).  In  this  respect,  at  the  time 
applicant's  records were  considered  for promotion by  the  CY97C 
board,  his  Officer  Selection  Brief  (OSB) did  not  accurately 
reflect his DAFSC and duty titles while he was  assigned at Osan 
AB, Korea.  The OSB has now been corrected.  While it cannot be 
conclusively  determined  whether  or  not  the  absence  of  this 
information was the sole reason for applicant's nonselection for 
promotion by the board in question, we do believe that it served 
to deprive him of fair and equitable consideration.  Therefore, 
we  recommend  his  corrected  record  be  considered  by  Special 
Selection Board for the CY97C board. 

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT: 

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force 
relating  to  APPLICANT,  to  include  an  Officer  Selection  Brief 
(OSB) reflecting a duty title of "MH-53J ACFT CC/CHIEF MOBILTY," 
effective 11 July  1996; a duty title of  "MH-53J ACFT  CC/FLT CC 
WAR  READ,"  effective  1  December  1996;  and  a  duty  Air  Force 
Specialty Code of "K11S3A" and duty title of "MH-53J INS AC/ASST 
OPERS OFF,  effective 1 March  1997, be  considered for promotion 

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to  the  grade  of  major  by  a  Special  Selection  Board  for  the 
Calendar Year 1997C Central Major Selection Board. 

The following members of the Board considered this application in 
Executive Session on 17 September 1997, under the provisions of 
AFI 36- 2603: 

Ms. Martha Maust, Panel Chair 
Ms. Ann L. Heidig, Member 
Mr. Loren S. Perlstein, Member 

. .  

All  members  voted  to  correct the records, as recommended. 
following documentary evidence was considered: 

The 

Exhibit A. DD Form 149, dated 17 Nov 97, w/atchs. 
Exhibit B. Applicant's Master Personnel Records. 
Exhibit C.  Letter, AFPC/DPAISl, dated 13 Feb 98. 
Exhibit D. Letter, AFPC/DPPPO, dated 24 Feb 98. 
Exhibit E.  Letter, AFPC/DPPPO, dated 15 May 98. 
Exhibit F.  Letter, AFPC/DPPPA, dated 4 Jun 98. 
Exhibit G.  Letters, AFBCMR, dated 1 6  Mar 98, 1 3  Apr 98, and 
Exhibit H. Applicant's Response, dated 27 Jul 98. 
Exhibit I.  Letter, Maj Zak, dated 20 Jul 98. 
Exhibit J.  Letter, Lt Col Hester, dated 27  Jul 98. 
Exhibit K.  Letter, Lt Col Spriet, date 3 Aug 98. 

10 Jun 98. 

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Panel Chair 

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D E P A R T M E N T   OF THE AIR  FORCE 

HEADQUARTERS AIR  FORCE  P E R S O N N E L  C E N T E R  

RANDOLPH  AIR  FORCE B A S E  T E X A S  

HQ AFPC/DPAISl 
550 C Street West, Suite 32 
RandoIph AFB, TX 781504734 

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U.S. AIR FORCE E ’  

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Your application to change your duty title to  “h4.H-53 J Acft CC/ Chief of Mobility” and 

“MH-53 J Acft  CC/War Readiness Flt/CC” and “Asst Ops Officer” were not accomplished. 
lAW AFM 36-30,  Vol 1, Para 18-1 8e( l)(a)(Atch 2), a valid source document is required for any 
duty changes.  This source document must be an AF Form 2096/2095/2098, OEWOPR, G-Series 
Orders, or Special Orders.  In your  case, an AF Form 2096 needs to be cut by your orderly room. 
This is not a denial of your case.  Your application will be held 60 days from date of this 

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letter pending receipt of required documents.  Please send requested documentation to 

B, TX 78150-474 

Sincerely 

Chief, Reports and Queries Team 
Directorate of Assignments 

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DEPARTMENT O F  T H E  AIR  FORCE 

HEADQUARTERS  AIR  FORCE PERSONNEL CENTER 

MEMORANDUM FOR AFBCMR 

FROM:  HQ AFPC/DPAISl 

13 F€B 1999 

SUBJECT:  Application for Correction of 

filitary RecordsPD Form 149) 

Requested Action.  The applicant is requesting several duty history entries to reflect 

correct DAFSC and additions to duty title entries.  We will be addressing his duty history only. 
He further requests special selection board consideration if the corrections are made. 

Reason for Request.  Applicant believes that his DAFSC should include “K” prefix. 

Requests it read  K11 S3A, effective 1 Mar 97, not 1 1 S2A effective 4 Apr 97.  He also requests 
his duty title include War Readiness Flight Commander effective 1 Dec 96 and Chief of Mobility 
effective 11 Jul97. 

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Discussion.  Based on the AF Form 2096s submitted and the O P h  contained in the 
member’s records, the duty titles have been  corrected by the MPF.  We concur with their 
corrections. The DAFSC was changed to reflect “K” prefix by DPAIS 1 based on AF Form 2096 
submitted. 

Case Forwarded To.  Application has been forwarded to AFPC/DPPPOO. 

Chief, Reports and Queries Team 
Directorate of Assignments 

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DEPARTMENT O F  THE A I R   F O R C E  

H E A D O U A R T E R S g l R   FORCE  P E R S O N N E L C E N T E R  

RANDOLPH AIR  FORCE  B A S E  TEXAS 

MEMORANDUM FOR  AFBCMR 

FROM:  HQ AFPCDPPPO 

550 C Street West Suite 8 
Randolph AFB TX 78150-4710 

SUBJECT:  Application for Correction of Military Record - 

Requested Action.  Applicant requests inclusion of an Air Force Commendation Medal (AFCM) 

and correction of duty history information. 

Basis for Reauest.  Applicant contends an AFCM is missing from his record and there are errors in 

his duty titles and duty Air Force Specialty Codes. 

Discussion. 
a.  This advisory will only address the applicant’s contention regarding the decoration.  Duty  - 

history corrections were addressed by AFPCLDPSAIl in their 13 Feb 98 memorandum.  Application is 
timely.  Applicant met the CY97C Major Line Central Selection Board on 16 Jun 97. 

b ,  There are two occurrences in the oflicer Selection Record (OSR) that cite decorations, the 

Officer Selection Brief (OSB) and the citations filed on the right hand side of the OSR. 

(1) The applicant’s Officer Selection Brief, dated 4 Jun 97 for the CY97C Major Line 

Central Selection Board, cites two AFCMs.  The most recent received in 1996. 

(2) There were two AFCM citations posted to the applicant’s OSR at the time of the 
CY97C Major Line board.  The first AFCM citation, period from 7 Apr 88 to 20 Dec 91 was 
posted on 25 Aug 92.  The second AFCM citation, period from 25 Oct 92 to 15 Ju196, was posted 
on 28 Oct 96.  Evidence suggests that both citations were present in the OSR for the 16 Juri 97 
promotion board. 
c.  There is no indication thc AFCM, period 7 Apr 88 to 20 Dec 91, was missing from the 

applicant’s OSR. 

Recommendation. Deny applicant’s request for inclusion of an AFCM. 
SummarU_ .  Evidence in his OSR indicate the medal was listed on his OSB and that the citation 

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KA h&. STATEN, Lt Col, USAF 

Chief, Officer Promotion and Appointment Branch  . 
Directorate of Personnel Program Management 

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DEPARTMENT O F  THE A I R   FORCE 

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MEMORANDUMFOR  AFBCMR 
FROM:  HQ AFpC/DPPPO 

550 C Street West Suite 8 
Randolph AFB TX 78 150-47 10 

SUBJECT: Application for Correction of Military Record 

Reauested Action.  Applicant requests Special Selection Board (SSB) consideration due to a 

missing decoration and errors in his duty Air Force Specialty Codes (DAFSC) and duty titles on his Officer 
Selection Brief (OSB) for the CY97C Line Major Central Selection Board. 

Discussion. 

a. Application is timely.  Applicant was considered by the CY97C Line Major Central Selection 

Board, 16 Jun 97. 

b.  Applicant bases his request to change his DAFSC on his OSB due to OPR, close out 14 May 

97, and Promotion Recommendation Form (PRF) list his DAFSC as B11F3Z. Using these evaluation 
reports as source documents, AFPCDPAIS 1 concurred with the applicant’s request and made the change 
in the Personnel Database System (PDS).  While DPAISl’s advisory made the changes to the applicant’s 
duty history, the applicant’s request for SSB consideration was not addressed.  This advisory will respond 
to the issue of SSB consideration. 

c.  Applicant initially requested inclusion of an Air Force Commendation Medal.  An advisory 

from this office addressing this request was rendered on 24 Feb 98,  The applicant subsequently submitted 
an addendum dated 23 Apr 98 stating his request for inclusion of the Air Force Commendation MedaI was 
made in error and should not be addressed. Recommend the BCMR disregard AFPC/DPPPO 
memorandum dated 24 Feb 98. 

d.  The applicant submitted another application requesting inclusion of an Air Force Achievement 
Medal.  HQ AFPCDPPPAB will respond to this second case and forward their advisory under separate 
cover. 

Recommendation:  Denial 

Summarv. 
a.  Applicant has sufEiciently proven that his DAFSC and duty history in the PDS were incorrect. 

These errors were corrected by AFPCDPAIS 1. 

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b.  Strongly recommend denial for SSB based on corrections made to the applicant’s DAFSC and 
duty history. AFI 36-2501, Oficer Promotions and Selective Continuation, para 6.3.2.2, specifically 
states, “Do not have an SSB if, by exercising reasonable diligence, the officer should have discovered the 
error or omission and could have taken corrective action before the originally scheduled board convened.” 
The applicant provided no evidence or information suggesting that he took action to make the DAFSC or 
duty title corrections prior to the 16 Tun 97, CY97C board. 

c.  Also, prior to the CY97C board, the applicant was provided an OPB brief and in all likelihood 
these errors were present on this brief.  There is no evidence any steps were taken to make a correction to 
the DAFSC or duty title from the receipt of the OPB to the convening of the board,  Since these errors 
probably occurred as far back as 1 Dec 96 or as late as Apr 97, there was ample time for the applicant to 
review his record in order to ensure it correctly reflected his DAFSC and duty history. The applicant had 
commented that he was not in country at the time the OPBs were generated.  This situation is not 
uncommon and there is no evidence this situation caused undue hardship. 

d.  Lastly, the officer could have communicated to the board the error via a letter as was his right. 

There is no evidence a letter to the board was written by the applicant. 

e.  We have no recommendations should the Board elect to grant the applicant reIief over our 

objections. 

KATH[RyN G. STATEN, Lt Col, USAF 
Chief, Officer Promotion and Appointment Branch 
Directorate of Personnel Program Management 

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HEADQUARTERS  AIR  FORCE P E R S O N N E L  CENTER 

R A N D O L P H  AIR  FORCE BASE TEXAS 

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MEMORANDUMFOR  AFBCMR 
FROM: HQ AFPCDPPPA 

550 C Street West, Suite 8 
Randolph AFB TX  78150-4710 

SUBJECT: AFI 36-2603 Applicatio 

0 4   JUN  8% 

Requested Action.  The applicant requests special selection board (SSB) consideration by 

the CY97C (16 Jun 97) (P0497C) central major selection board with a corrected officer selection 
brief (OSB). 

Basis for Request.  The applicant contends several entries in the Assignment History portion 
of his OSB are erroneous or missing.  He believes the 11 Jut. 96 duty title should reflect “M.H-53J 
ACFT CC/Chief Mobility”; the 1 Dec 96 duty title should be “MH-53J ACFT CC/ Flt CC War 
Read”; the I Mar 97 duty title “MH-531 Ins AC/Asst Opers Off should be added; and the IO Apr 
97 duty Air Force Specialty Code (DAFSC) should be “K1 1 S3A” instead of “1 1 S2A.” 

Recommendation.  Deny. 

a.  The application is timely.  The applicant filed a previous appeal under MI 3 6- 

2603, The Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR).  The applicant has 
one nonselection to the grade of major by the P0497C central major board. 

b.  AFI 36-2501, ORcer Promotions and Selective Continuation, 1 Mar 96, is the 

governing directive. 

C.  In support of his appeal, the applicant includes an Addendum to his 17 Nov 97 
application to the AFBCMR, a copy of an extraction from the Personnel Concepts III (PCIII) 
system; a copy of a letter fkom his operations officer in Korea; a copy of his 11 Apr 97 officer 
performance report (OPR); and copies of four AF Forms 2096, Classification and On-The-Job 
Training Action. 

d.  HQ AFPCLDPAISI concurred with the applicant’s request to change portions of 

his Assignment History data and have updated the Headquarters Air Force (HAF) file. We 
concur with the advisory opinion written by HQ AFPCDPPPO on 15 May 98 and do not 
recommend the applicant receive SSB consideration by the P0597C board.  We would like to 
point out the applicant has not offered any evidence to convince us he made attempts prior to the 

P0597C board to ensure his records were accurate.  Therefore, we are strongly opposed to the 
applicant receiving SSB consideration on these issues. 

Summw.  Based on the evidence provided, our recommendation of denial is appropriate 

and SSB consideration is not warranted. 

Chief, Appeals and SSB Branch 
Directorate of Personnel Program Mgt 

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