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AF | BCMR | CY1999 | 9801380
Original file (9801380.pdf) Auto-classification: Denied
AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 

IN THE MATTER OF: 

DOCKET NUMBER:  98-01380 

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COUNSEL:  None 
HEARING DESIRED:  NO 

Applicant  requests  award  of  the  Air  Force  Commendation  Medal 
L  I .... with  Oak Leaf Cluster  (1OLC).  Applicant's submission is 
(AFCM) 
at Exhibit A. 

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The  appropriate Air  Force  office  evaluated  applicant's request 
and provided  an advisory opinion to the  Board  recommending  the 
application  be  denied  (Exhibit C).  The  advisory  opinion  was 
forwarded to the applicant for review and response  (Exhibit D). 
As of this date, no response has been received by this office. 

We note that applicant was requested by AFPC/DPPPRA to furnish a 
copy  of  his  Report  of  Separation and  a  copy  of  the  original 
recommendation package for the AFCM, loLC, including the DECOR-6. 
It appears the applicant mailed a legible copy of his Report of 
Separation  and  instructed  DPPPRA  to  contact  an  officer  at 
Seymour-Johnson for a copy of the recommendation package.  He was 
again contacted to provide a copy of  the recommendation package 
with a copy of the DECOR-6; however, he did not respond.  In view 
of the above and after noting that without documentation showing 
he  was  ever  recommended  for the AFCM,  loLC, substantiating his 
claim, this decoration cannot be verified.  Therefore, the facts 
and opinions stated in the advisory opinion appear to be based on 
the evidence of  record and have not been rebutted by  applicant. 
Absent  persuasive  evidence applicant was denied rights to which 
entitled,  appropriate  regulations  were  not  followed,  or 
appropriate  standards  were  not  applied,  we  find  no  basis  to 
disturb the existing record. 

After  careful  consideration  of  applicant's  request  and  the 
available evidence of  record, we  find  insufficient evidence  of 
error or injustice to warrant  corrective action.  The facts and 
opinions stated in the advisory opinion appear to be based on the 
evidence  of  record  and  have  not  been  rebutted  by  applicant. 
Absent  persuasive  evidence applicant was denied  rights to which 
entitled,  appropriate  regulations  were  not  followed,  or 
appropriate  standards  were  not  applied,  we  find  no  basis  to 
disturb the existing record. 

Accordingly, applicant's request is denied. 

The Board staff is directed to inform applicant of this decision. 
Applicant should also be informed that this decision is final and 
will only be  reconsidered upon the presentation of  new relevant 
evidence  which  was  not  reasonably  available  at  the  time  the 
application was filed. 

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Members  of  the  Board  Mr.  Thomas  S.  Markiewicz,  Ms.  Rita  J. 
Maldonado, and Ms. Peggy E. Gordon considered this application on 
7 January  1999  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Air  Force 
Instruction 36-2603, and the governing statute, 10, U.S.C.  1552. 

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Exhibits : 
A.  Applicant's DD Form 149 
B.  Available Master Personnel Records 
C.  Advisory Opinion 
D.  AFBCMR Ltr Forwarding Advisory Opinion 

Panel Chair 

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D E P A R T M E N T  O F  T H E  A I R   F O R C E  

H E A D Q U A R T E R S   A I R   F O R C E  P E R S O N N E L  C E N T E R  

R A N D O L P H  A I R   F O R C E  B A S E  T E X A S  

MEMORANDUM FOR AFBCMR 

FROM:  HQ AFPC/DPPPRA 

550 C Street West Ste 12 
Randolph AFB TX  78 150-47 14 

29 September 1998 

1. REQUESTED ACTION.  Applicant requests award of the Air Force Commendation Medal 
with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster. 

2.  BASIS FOR REQUEST.  Applicant states he was recommended after his discharge from 
Active Duty (30 Mar 9 9 ,  but never received the decoration. 

3.  FACTS. 

a.  Applicant 

served on Active Duty in the Air Force 26 Mar 90-30 Mar 95. 

(1)  A28 

May 97 Memorandum, regarding the applicant’s Congressional inquiry, deter- 
mined that the award consideration could not be considered at that time.  The recommendation 
package was placed in official channels in a timely manner, but could not be processed because 
the applicant “would not be assigned to anyone after he out-processed” from his unit. 

(2) A 20 Apr 98 Memorandum, the Congressional response, stated that there was “no 

evidence a decoration was ever submitted” at- 

(3)  An 8 Jan 98 Congressional letter requested the applicant’s record be reviewed for 

award consideration. 

b.  On 17 Jun 98, this office requested the applicant h i s h  a copy of his Report of Separa- 
tion and a copy of the original recommendation package for the Air Force Commendation with 
1 Oak Leaf Cluster, including the DECOR-6.  The applicant mailed a legible copy of his Report 
for a copy of the rec- 
of Separation, and instructed us to contact an officer 
ommendation package. 

c.  On 14 Jul98, the applicant was again requested to provide a copy of the recommendation 
package, with a copy of the DECOR-6, and informing him it was the applicant’s responsibility to 
h i s h  all documentation to substantiate his claim.  There was no response. 

4.  DISCUSSION.  The applicant has not provided any documentation showing he was ever rec- 
ommended for the Air Force Commendation Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster; even after being 
requested on two occasions to do so.  The Application is dated 11 May 98, with 1 la, Date of 
Discovery, shown as 16 Apr 96.  The applicant has failed to provide documentation to substanti- 
ate his claim, and has waited over the one-year time limit to take steps to remedy the situation. 
The case is not timely and is incomplete. 

5.  RECO~ENDATION. 

We recommend disapproval of the applicant’s request to be awarded the Air Force Commen- 

dation Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster. 

FOR THE COMMANDER/ 

GEORGIA A. WISE, DAFC 
Recognition Programs Branch 
Promotions, Eval & Recognition Div 



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