RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
         AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS


IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2003-00611
            INDEX CODE:  131.01

            COUNSEL:  NONE

            HEARING DESIRED:  NO


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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

He be given Special Selection Board (SSB) consideration for  promotion
to the grade of lieutenant colonel by the Calendar Year 2002B  (CY02B)
Central Lieutenant Colonel Selection Board.

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

His duty title of Chief, Standardization  and  Evaluation  (STAN/EVAL)
Division, with an effective date of 15 Aug 01, was  omitted  from  his
Officer Selection Brief (OSB).

The Academic Education  Section  of  his  OSB  should  have  reflected
bachelor's plus (BAC+).

The Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), First Oak  Leaf  Cluster  (1OLC),
was not reflected on his OSB nor included  in  his  Officer  Selection
Record (OSR).

In support of his appeal, the applicant provided copies of his Officer
Preselection Brief (OPB), the  MSM  (1OLC)  Certificate,  his  Officer
Performance Report closing 14 Jul 02, and an electronic mail  (e-mail)
message from the Assistant Director, Admissions and Registrar,  Embry-
Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU).

Applicant’s complete submission, with attachments, is at Exhibit A.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

Information extracted from the Personnel Data System  (PDS)  indicates
that the applicant is currently serving on active duty in the grade of
major, having been promoted to that  grade  on  1 Nov 98.   His  Total
Active Federal Military Service Date (TAFMSD) is 27 May 87.

Applicant's  Officer  Performance  Report  (OPR)  profile  since  1992
follows:

      PERIOD ENDING    EVALUATION

      14 Feb 92  Meets Standards
      14 Feb 93  Meets Standards
      14 Feb 94  Meets Standards
      31 Oct 94  Meets Standards
      31 Oct 95  Meets Standards
      22 Mar 96  Meets Standards
      14 Jun 97  Meets Standards
      14 Jun 98  Meets Standards
      14 Jun 99  Meets Standards
      14 Jun 00  Meets Standards
      14 Jun 01  Meets Standards
  #   14 Jun 02  Meets Standards

# Top Report at  the  time  he  was  considered  and  nonselected  for
promotion to the grade of lieutenant colonel by the  CY02B  Lieutenant
Colonel Board.

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AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DPAO indicated that the applicant's OSB omitted a duty title  and
duty AFSC (Q11R3A, Chief, Stan  Eval)  from  the  duty  history.   The
information was correct in the OPB reviewed by the applicant prior  to
the board.  The OSB did not reflect the MSM (1OLC).  The OSB also  did
not reflect a BAC+ for academic education.   The  applicant  requested
that the transcript be sent to AFIT on 22 Oct 02.  The  BAC+  was  not
updated in the record.  They have  obtained,  reviewed,  and  verified
supporting documentation.  They defer to HQ AFPC/DPPPO  regarding  SSB
consideration.

A complete copy of the AFPC/DPAO evaluation is at Exhibit C.

AFPC/DPPPO noted that each  officer  eligible  for  promotion  by  the
P0502B board received an OPB 90-100 days prior to  the  central  board
convening date.  The OPB contains data that will appear on the OSB  at
the central board.  If any errors are found, corrective action must be
taken  prior  to  the  selection  board,  not  after  it.   Since  the
applicant’s OPB correctly reflected his 15 Aug 01  duty  title  entry,
there was no reason for him to take further action.  It  appears  that
when his top line duty title was  updated,  his  15 Aug 01  entry  was
mistakenly  deleted.   Therefore,   AFPC/DPPPO   believes   that   SSB
consideration is warranted.

AFPC/DPPPO disagreed with the  applicant’s  contention  that  his  MSM
(1OLC) decoration was missing from his  OSR  when  it  met  the  CY02B
board.  Although the period of the decoration was  through  24 Sep 02,
the orders were not published until 9 Jan 03.  Thus,  his  record  did
not contain the  citation,  nor  was  it  reflected  in  the  Military
Personnel Data System (MilPDS).  As directed in AFI 36-2803, paragraph
3.1, the applicant’s rating chain has up to  two  years  to  submit  a
recommendation for decorations after the service was  performed.   For
purposes of including this decoration in a board that convened  on  12
Nov 02, the decoration did not yet exist.   AFI  36-2803,  Table  3.1,
Note 5, directs forwarding citations and special orders within 30 days
of the date the special orders are published.  The decoration was  not
required to be updated in the Military Personnel Data System (MilPDS),
and on file in his record, until 9 Feb 03.  As  such,  the  decoration
was not a matter of record at the time the  CY02B  board  convened  on
12 Nov 02.

Regarding the applicant's contention that his BAC+ was  not  reflected
on his CY02B OSB, AFPC/DPPPO indicated that the only way to  update  a
BAC+ is for  the  officer  to  provide  the  Air  Force  Institute  of
Technology (AFIT) with an original, official transcript, or to request
that his educational institution forward  an  official  transcript  to
AFIT.  AFIT is the only agency authorized  to  update  academic  data.
Although the  applicant  provided  documentation  from  his  education
institution indicating that they failed to send AFIT  the  transcripts
the applicant requested on 22 Oct 02, he did not  follow  up  on  this
request until after the board convened.   Also,  the  applicant  could
have  elected  to  write  a  letter  to  the  CY02B  board   president
identifying  his  BAC+  completion  and  included  a   copy   of   his
transcripts.  They found no evidence that he wrote such  a  letter  to
the board; therefore, AFPC/DPPPO believes that  he  did  not  exercise
reasonable diligence to ensure his record was accurate  prior  to  the
CY02B board, nor did he take timely corrective action.

Based on the evidence provided, AFPC/DPPPO stated that they  recommend
approval of the applicant's request to  include  the  15 Aug  01  duty
title  entry  on  the  applicant's  OSB.   However,   they   recommend
disapproval of his request to have the MSM (1OLC) and his BAC+ in  his
record.

A complete copy of the AFPC/DPPPO evaluation is at Exhibit D.

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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

Applicant reviewed the  advisory  opinion  and  furnished  a  response
indicating that he disagreed with AFPC/DPPPO's comments regarding  the
updating of his education  status.   In  his  view,  they  incorrectly
stated that  he  did  not  follow  up  on  his  request  to  have  the
information sent to AFIT.  Upon his return from temporary duty  on  18
Oct 02, he contacted AFIT by telephone and was informed that AFIT  had
not yet received his transcript.  He was promised by  AFIT  that  they
would be looking out for his transcript and would update his record as
soon as it arrived.  He then contacted the ERAU registrar by telephone
on 24 Oct 02 and was informed that the request had been  received  and
would be sent by Federal Express the following day.  According to  the
Director of Admissions and Registrar, the error was the fault  of  the
university.  He believes that he has exhausted all reasonable  avenues
to correct the information in his records.

Applicant’s complete response 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 error or injustice  warranting  partial  relief.   Having
carefully reviewed this application, we agree with the  recommendation
of the Air Force offices of primary responsibility  (OPRs)  and  adopt
their rationale as the basis for our decision that the  applicant  has
been the victim of an  error  or  an  injustice  with  regard  to  the
omission of a duty title on  the  applicant's  OSB.   Accordingly,  we
recommend that the  applicant’s  records  be  corrected  as  indicated
below, and that he be provided SSB consideration  with  his  corrected
record.

4.  Insufficient relevant evidence has been presented  to  demonstrate
the existence of  error  or  injustice  warranting  corrective  action
concerning the applicant’s requests  that  his  OSB  be  corrected  to
reflect BAC+ and  the  MSM  (1OLC),  and,  that  he  be  provided  SSB
consideration  with  a  corrected  OSB.   The   applicant's   complete
submission was thoroughly  reviewed  and  his  contentions  were  duly
noted.  However, we do not find the  applicant’s  assertions  and  the
documentation  presented  in  support  of  his   appeal   sufficiently
persuasive to override the rationale provided by AFPC/DPPPO.  We  note
that the MSM (1OLC) was not required to be filed  in  the  applicant’s
OSR when  he  was  considered  for  promotion  by  the  CY02B  Central
Lieutenant Colonel Selection Board.  Furthermore, we find no  evidence
that there was any attempt by the applicant’s superiors to ensure  the
decoration’s inclusion in his record prior to  the  convening  of  the
board.  Regarding his request to have BAC+ reflected on  the  OSB,  no
evidence has been presented which has shown to our  satisfaction  that
the applicant exercised the necessary diligence  to  ensure  that  his
record accurately reflected his academic education.  In  view  of  the
foregoing, and in the absence of sufficient evidence to the  contrary,
we adopt AFPC/DPPPO's rationale and conclude that no basis  exists  to
recommend granting the requested relief.

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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 the Officer Selection
Brief (OSB) prepared for consideration  by  the  Calendar  Year  2002B
(CY02B) Central Lieutenant Colonel Selection Board, be amended in  the
"Assignment History" section by adding the duty title of “Chief,  STAN
EVAL Division," with an effective date of 15 Aug 01.

It is further recommended that he be considered for promotion  to  the
grade of lieutenant colonel by  a  Special  Selection  Board  for  the
Calendar Year 2002B Central Lieutenant Colonel Selection  Board,  with
the corrected OSB.

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The following members of the Board considered AFBCMR Docket Number BC-
2003-00611 in Executive Session on 8 Jul 03, under the  provisions  of
AFI 36-2603:

      Mrs. Barbara A. Westgate, Chair
      Mr. Roscoe Hinton, Jr., Member
      Ms. Carolyn J. Watkins-Taylor, Member

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

     Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 18 Feb 03, w/atchs.
     Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
     Exhibit C.  Letter, AFPC/DPAO, dated 18 Mar 03.
     Exhibit D.  Letter, AFPC/DPPPO, dated 23 Apr 03.
     Exhibit E.  Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 2 May 03.
     Exhibit F.  Letter, applicant, dated 19 May 03.




                                   BARBARA A. WESTGATE
                                   Chair










AFBCMR BC-2003-00611




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 , be corrected to show that the Officer Selection
Brief (OSB) prepared for consideration by the Calendar Year 2002B
(CY02B) Central Lieutenant Colonel Selection Board, be amended in the
"Assignment History" section by adding the duty title of “Chief,
Standardization and Evaluation (STAN/EVAL) Division," with an
effective date of 15 Aug 01.

      It is further directed that he be considered for promotion to
the grade of lieutenant colonel by a Special Selection Board for the
Calendar Year 2002B Central Lieutenant Colonel Selection Board, with
the corrected OSB.






    JOE G. LINEBERGER

    Director

    Air Force Review Boards Agency