RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

         AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER:  00-03322
            INDEX NUMBER:  111.01

      XXXXXXXXXXXX     COUNSEL:  None

      XXX-XX-XXXX      HEARING DESIRED: No

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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

Applicant makes the following requests on two separate applications:

        A.  The Officer Performance Report (OPR) rendered  on  him  for
the period of 6 Mar 97 through 5 Mar 98 be revised.

        B.  The OPR rendered on him for the period 6 Mar 99  through  8
Oct 99 be revised.

In a memorandum dated 26 Feb 01, the  applicant  amended  his  original
applications to also  request  promotion  consideration  to  lieutenant
colonel by special selection board (SSB) for the Calendar Year (CY) 99B
Lieutenant Colonel Central Selection Board.

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

Due to confusion and oversights on  appropriate  professional  military
education (PME)  endorsements  by  his  Rater,  Additional  Rater,  and
Reviewer on the OPR rendered on him for the period  6 Mar 97 through  5
Mar 98, his Reviewer is  requesting  that  the  report  be  revised  to
correct  PME  recommendations  and  job  performance  information.   In
support of his appeal, the applicant provided a letter of support  from
his Reviewer.

The Additional Rater on the OPR rendered on him for the period 6 Mar 99
through 8 Oct 99 was confused on appropriate information  and  verbiage
to use in that section  regarding  an  assignment  recommendation.   In
support of his appeal, the applicant provided letters of  support  from
his Additional rater and Reviewer.

Applicant’s complete submissions are at Exhibit A.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant is presently serving on  active  duty  in  the  grade  of
major.  His Total Active Federal Military Service Date is   5  Jan  84.
He was considered and not selected for promotion to lieutenant  colonel
by the CY99B Lieutenant Colonel Selection Board.   On  6  Dec  00,  the
Evaluation Reports Appeal Board (ERAB) partially approved an appeal  by
the applicant that included the request for changes to his OPRs closing
out 5 Mar 98 and 8 Oct 99.  The ERAB approved the  applicant’s  request
to substitute his promotion recommendation form  (PRF)  for  the  CY99B
Lieutenant Colonel Selection Board and to change  the  Duty  Air  Force
Specialty Code (DAFSC) on an OPR closing out 5 Mar  99.   He  was  also
granted promotion consideration by SSB for the CY99B Lieutenant Colonel
Selection Board.   They  denied  the  changes  to  the  OPRs  that  the
applicant now makes in his appeal to the AFBCMR.

A profile of the applicant’s last ten OPRs follows:

      Closeout Date               Overall Rating

        20 Sep 92                 Meets Standards
        20 Sep 93                 Meets Standards
        11 May 94                 Meets Standards
        05 Mar 95                 Meets Standards
        05 Mar 96                 Meets Standards
        05 Mar 97                 Meets Standards

       *05 Mar 98                 Meets Standards

        05 Mar 99                 Meets Standards
      **08 Oct 99                 Meets Standards
        03 Jul 00                 Meets Standards

*  Contested OPR
** Contested OPR and  top  report  on  file  when  considered  and  not
selected by the CY99B Board.

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AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The Chief, Performance Evaluation Section,  AFPC/DPPPE,  evaluated  the
applicant’s request to have the PME endorsements in the OPR rendered on
him for the period 6 Mar 97 through 5 Mar 98 revised.   They  recommend
approval of the applicant’s request.

Applicant  has  substantiated  his  claim  that  an  inappropriate  PME
recommendation was made on his OPR.  Unfortunately, he  was  unable  to
obtain evaluator support to change the PME recommendation  due  to  the
retirement of both rater and additional rater.  Applicant  did  receive
approval of a similar appeal from the  ERAB  concerning  his  OPR  that
closed out 5 Mar 99 (applicant had evaluator  support).   A  reasonable
conclusion can be drawn that applicant should have and would have  been
recommended for senior service school (SSS) on the report in  question;
however, confusion existed as to which PME recommendation was  actually
appropriate.

The complete evaluation is at Exhibit C.

AFPC/DPPPE also evaluated the applicant’s request to  replace  the  OPR
covering the period 6 Mar 99 through 8 Oct 99.  They  recommend  denial
of this request.

Applicant has not provided any documentation to prove the invalidity of
his 8 Oct 99 OPR.  Applicant’s attempt to revise a previous  OPR  based
on the perceived strength of the evaluator’s comments is inappropriate.

The complete evaluation is at Exhibit D.

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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The applicant responded to the Air Force evaluations by  requesting  to
amend his original application to include  promotion  consideration  by
SSB should his application be approved.

The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit F.

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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.   The  Board  accepts
the recommendation of the Air Force to correct the applicant’s  OPR
closing out 5 Mar 98.  The Board does not agree, however, with  the
recommendation to deny the applicant’s request to correct  his  OPR
closing out 8 Oct 99.  The Board notes that the applicant  has  the
support of his Additional Rater and Reviewer to make the  requested
change to this OPR.  The Board believes that  the  phrase  “compete
for command” is incorrect, as was the PME recommendation, and  that
these errors may have negatively impacted the applicant’s promotion
opportunity.  While this is certainly  not  conclusive,  the  Board
believes that the benefit of the  doubt  should  be  given  to  the
applicant.  Therefore, the Board  recommends  that  the  record  be
corrected as indicated below.

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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:

        a.  The Officer Performance Report, AF Form 707A,  rendered
for the period 6 March 1997 through 5  March  1998  be  amended  in
Section VI, “Rater Overall Assessment”, line nine, and  in  section
VII, “Additional Rater Overall Assessment”, line five, by  changing
“ISS” to “SSS.”

        b.  The Officer Performance Report, AF Form 707A,  rendered
for the period 6 March 1999 through 8 October 1999  be  amended  in
Section VII, “Additional Rater Overall Assessment”, line  five,  by
changing “compete” to “select.”

It is further recommended that he be considered  for  promotion  to
the grade of lieutenant colonel by Special  Selection  Board  (SSB)
beginning with the CY99B Central Lieutenant Colonel Selection Board
and any subsequent boards to  which  entitled  with  the  corrected
record

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The following members of the Board considered this  application  in
Executive Session on 19 April 2001, under the provisions of AFI 36-
2603:

      Mr. Teddy L. Houston, Panel Chair
      Mr. Laurence M. Groner, Member
      Ms. Barbara J. White-Olson, Member

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

     Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 8 Dec 00, w/atchs; DD Form
                 149, dated 8 Dec 00, w/atchs.
     Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
     Exhibit C.  Memorandum, AFPC/DPPPE, dated 11 Feb 01.
     Exhibit D.  Memorandum, AFPC/DPPPE, dated 11 Feb 01.
     Exhibit E.  Letter, SAF/MIBR, dated 23 Feb 01.




                                   TEDDY L. HOUSTON
                                   Panel Chair



AFBCMR 00-03322




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 XXXXXXXXXXX, XXX-XX-XXXX, be corrected to show
that:

              a.  The Officer Performance  Report,  AF  Form  707A,
rendered for the period 6 March 1997 through 5 March 1998  be,  and
hereby is, amended in Section VI, “Rater Overall Assessment”,  line
nine, and in Section VII, “Additional  Rater  Overall  Assessment”,
line five, by changing “ISS” to “SSS.”

              b.  The Officer Performance  Report,  AF  Form  707A,
rendered for the period 6 March 1999 through 8 October 1999 be, and
hereby is,  amended  in  Section  VII,  “Additional  Rater  Overall
Assessment”, line five, by changing “compete” to “select.”

      It is further directed that he be considered for promotion to
the grade of lieutenant colonel by Special Selection Board (SSB) by
the CY99B  Central  Lieutenant  Colonel  Selection  Board  and  any
subsequent boards that the OPRs  as  corrected  above  were  not  a
matter of record.







            JOE G. LINEBERGER
            Director
            Air Force Review Boards Agency