RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

         AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS


IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER: 00-02237
                 INDEX CODE 135.02
      XXXXXXXXX        COUNSEL:  None

      XXXXXXXXX        HEARING DESIRED:  No
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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

Retention/Retirement (R/R) year 8 Mar 99 to 7 Mar 00 be awarded enough
nonpaid points to make it a satisfactory year of federal  service  for
retirement.

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

He joined the Reserves on 18 Nov 98, immediately after separating from
active duty. His Reserve recruiter told him his R/R date would  be  18
Nov-18 Nov. He performed 38 inactive duty training (IDT) periods  from
Nov 98-Mar 99 as well as a two-week  tour.  In  Apr  99,  he  received
notice that his R/R date had been adjusted to 8 Mar-7 Mar. In  Jun-Jul
99, he checked his point status and was repeatedly told he had  enough
points [for a satisfactory year]. However, he found out later this had
been incorrectly based on fiscal, rather than R/R, year  requirements.
In Aug 99, he was told he needed 10 more points (5  days)  to  have  a
good year, which he performed in Sep 99. In  May  00,  he  received  a
point summary showing Mar 99-Mar 00 did not have enough points  for  a
good year.

A copy of applicant's complete submission is at Exhibit A.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant entered the delayed enlistment program (DEP)  on  21 May
87 and was assigned to the regular Air Force on 8  Mar  88.  The  time
spent in the DEP is not creditable for service toward retirement.

Upon separation from  the  Regular  Air  Force,  he  enlisted  in  the
Reserves on 18 Nov 98, and his R/R date was originally established  as
18 Nov.  However, an R/R date should be established upon initial entry
into uniformed service which, in this case, should have been 8 Mar.

In Apr 99, the applicant’s service  history  was  audited  and,  as  a
result, his R/R date was changed to 8 Mar.  He  was  advised  of  this
change on 3 Apr 99. As a consequence, his earned points were realigned
to coincide with the 8 Mar R/R  date.   He  did  not  participate  for
points from 17 Feb-9 Sep 99. According  to  HQ  ARPC/DPP,  he  has  43
points for R/R Mar 99-Mar 00; 50 points are needed for a  satisfactory
year.

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AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The Deputy Director, HQ ARPC/DPP, reviewed the appeal and provided his
rationale for recommending denial.  The letter informing the applicant
of his R/R date change referred him to the ARPC homepage and  informed
him of an item of special  interest  to  all  Individual  Mobilization
Augmentee (IMA): the R/R-Fiscal Year (F/Y)  analyzer.   This  analyzer
was designed to help IMAs calculate where the points  they  earn  will
fall in their  current  R/R  and  fiscal  years.   The  applicant  did
complete the F/Y 99 requirement of 12 active duty (AD) points  and  48
IDT by participating for 10  points  during  Sep  99;  however,  these
points were actually the first points earned for his 8  Mar-7  Mar  00
R/R year.

A copy of the complete evaluation is at Exhibit C.

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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The applicant asks why would he continue to perform training days when
he had, as of Feb 99, more than enough points for what  was  [emphasis
applicant’s] his R/R year at that time?  Before his R/R date was  ever
changed,  he  had  completed  all  training  day   and   active   duty
requirements, based on the information he had at the time, by Feb  99.
He called ARPC in Jun-Jul 99 to verify his status because he  was  new
to the program and wanted to be sure  he  had  met  requirements,  not
because the R/R date change issue had surfaced.  In Aug 99 he was told
he needed 10 more points for a good year and not that he really needed
17 points.  He earned the 10 points when he finally learned he  needed
them--why would he have not earned the additional 7?  Had he known, he
had enough time to earn them.   Further,  very  little  correspondence
from HQ ARPC reached him  because  his  unit  of  assignment  did  not
forward it.  Finally, tools like  the  R/R-F/Y  analyzer  are  helpful
after an IMA understands the system and an IMA in a  small  unit  like
his is “on his own” most of the time.  How would he know there was  an
office for F/Y points and another for R/R points when the  ARPC  phone
directory only lists “Points Branch” and no one  told  him  about  the
separate offices?

Applicant’s complete response is at Exhibit E.

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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  to  warrant  awarding  7
additional points for a satisfactory year of federal service.  In this
regard, the  applicant  appears  to  have  acted  in  good  faith  and
fulfilled his R/R point requirements to the best of his knowledge  and
ability.  The confusion resulting  over  the  changed  R/R  date,  his
inexperience in the Reserve program, and the apparently confusing  and
inaccurate information he  received  support  rectifying  this  error.
Therefore, to offset any possibility of an injustice, we recommend the
applicant’s records be corrected to show that he earned  7  additional
points in his R/R year ending 7 Mar 00 and that it  was,  in  fact,  a
satisfactory year of federal service.

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THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:

The pertinent military records of the  Department  of  the  Air  Force
relating to APPLICANT, be corrected to show that he was credited  with
an additional seven (7) nonpaid inactive duty training  points  during
the retirement/retention year 8 March 1999 to 7 March 2000,  resulting
in 50 total points; and that the period 8 March 1999 to  7 March  2000
is a year of satisfactory Federal Service for retirement.

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The following members of the  Board  considered  this  application  in
Executive Session on 8 February 2001, under the provisions of AFI  36-
2603:

                  Mr. Patrick R. Wheeler, Panel Chair
                  Mr. Roger E. Willmeth, Member
                  Mr. John E. Pettit, Member

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

   Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 6 Aug 00, w/atchs.
   Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
   Exhibit C.  Letter, HQ ARPC/DPP, dated 26 Oct 00.
   Exhibit D.  Letter, SAF/MIBR, dated 10 Nov 00.
   Exhibit E.  Letter, Applicant, dated 4 Dec 00.




                                   PATRICK R. WHEELER
                                   Panel Chair


AFBCMR 00-02237




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:

      The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air
Force relating to XXXXXXX, be corrected to show that he was credited
with an additional seven (7) nonpaid inactive duty training points
during the retirement/retention year 8 March 1999 to 7 March 2000,
resulting in 50 total points; and that the period 8 March 1999 to
7 March 2000 is a year of satisfactory Federal Service for retirement.





   JOE G. LINEBERGER

   Director

   Air Force Review Boards Agency