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AF | BCMR | CY2002 | 0202019
Original file (0202019.DOC) Auto-classification: Denied

                            RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
             AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER:  02-02019
            INDEX CODE:  131.10
            COUNSEL: NONE

            HEARING DESIRED:  NO

_________________________________________________________________

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

He be retroactively promoted to the grade of E-9.

_________________________________________________________________

APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

In October 1957, he received permanent change of station (PCS)  orders  from
Andersen AFB Guam to Hunter AFB.  When he was  outprocessing,  he  was  told
that under a new policy he had to hand-carry his personnel file to  his  new
duty location.  He was  provided  his  promotion  folder  to  hand-carry  to
Hunter AFB.  In November 1957, he was told, by word of mouth, that his  base
commander had received a message from  personnel  at  Andersen  AFB  stating
that he had been instructed  not  to  hand-carry  his  promotion  folder  to
Hunter AFB, and that he disobeyed that order.  He was told by  personnel  at
SAC headquarters that this was the reason that he was denied promotion to E-
9 seven times.  Based on the recommendations of  his  supervisors  contained
in his performance reports, he should have been promoted to E-9.

In support of his request, applicant  provided  a  personal  statement,  his
statement of service, a copy of his retirement order; a copy of his WD  Form
53, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation,  Honorable  Discharge;  copies
of his DD Fms 214, Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the  United
States; and, copies of his performance reports rendered  during  the  period
24 May 59 through 5 Oct 61.  His complete submission, with  attachments,  is
at Exhibit A.

_________________________________________________________________

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant contracted his initial enlistment in the Regular Air Force  on
15 Jan 38.  He was progressively promoted to  the  grade  of  senior  master
sergeant, having assumed that grade effective and with a date of rank  of  1
Mar 59.  He retired from the Air Force on 31 Jan 63.  He served 24 years,  4
months, and 18 days on active duty.

_________________________________________________________________

AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DPPPWB,  reviewed  applicant's  request   and   recommends   that   the
application be time barred.  Should the Board decide to  consider  the  case
on its merits, denial is recommended.  DPPPWB states that promotions  during
the timeframe the applicant is requesting promotion were made at  the  Major
Command unless delegated to the wing, group, or squadron  level.   Promotion
boards selected the individuals and quotas received  determined  the  number
that could  be  promoted.   To  be  considered  for  promotion  to  E-9,  an
individual must have  met  the  time-in-grade  requirements,  possessed  the
appropriate skill  level,  and  have  been  recommended  by  the  commander.
Having met the minimum eligibility requirements  to  be  considered  by  the
promotion board in no way ensured or guaranteed  a  promotion.   Nothing  in
the applicant's records indicated that an error or injustice was made  which
prevented his promotion.  The DPPPWB evaluation is at Exhibit C.

_________________________________________________________________

APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

Applicant's response to the Air Force evaluation is appended at Exhibit E.

_________________________________________________________________

THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:

1.  The applicant has exhausted all remedies provided  by  existing  law  or
regulations.

2.  The application was not filed  within  three  years  after  the  alleged
error or injustice  was  discovered,  or  could  have  been  discovered,  as
required by Section 1552, Title 10, United States Code (10  USC  1552),  and
Air Force Instruction 36-2603.  Although the applicant  asserts  a  date  of
discovery which would, if  applicable,  make  the  application  timely,  the
essential facts which give  rise  to  the  application  were  known  to  the
applicant long before the asserted date of discovery.   Knowledge  of  those
facts constituted the date of discovery and the beginning of the  three-year
period for filing.  Thus, the application is untimely.

3.  Paragraph b of 10 USC 1552 permits us,  in  our  discretion,  to  excuse
untimely filing in the interest of  justice.   We  have  carefully  reviewed
applicant's submission  and  the  entire  record,  and  we  do  not  find  a
sufficient basis to excuse the untimely filing  of  this  application.   The
applicant has not shown a plausible reason for delay in filing, and  we  are
not persuaded that the record raises  issues  of  error  or  injustice  that
require resolution on its merits.  Accordingly, we conclude  that  it  would
not be in the interest of justice to  excuse  the  untimely  filing  of  the
application.

_________________________________________________________________

DECISION OF THE BOARD:

The application was not timely filed and it would not be in the interest of
justice to waive the untimeliness.   It  is  the  decision  of  the  Board,
therefore, to reject the application as untimely.

_________________________________________________________________

The following members of the Board  considered  Docket  Number  02-02019  in
Executive Session on 2 Oct 02, under the provisions of AFI 36-2603:

      Mr. Thomas S. Markiewicz, Panel Chair
      Mr. Steven A. Shaw, Member
      Ms. Carolyn B. Willis, Member

The following documentary evidence was considered:

    Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 17 Jun 02, w/atchs.
    Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
    Exhibit C.  Letter, AFPC/DPPPWB, dated 16 Jul 02.
    Exhibit D.  Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 26 Jul 02.
    Exhibit E.  Letter, Applicant, dated 2 Aug 02




                                   THOMAS S. MARKIEWICZ
                                   Vice Chair

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