RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
             AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2004-00567
            INDEX CODE:  131.00
            COUNSEL:  NONE

            HEARING DESIRED:  NO

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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

She be considered for promotion to the grade of  lieutenant  colonel  by  a
Special Selection Board (SSB)  for  the  CY03A  (8  July  2003)  lieutenant
colonel Central Selection Board (CSB) (P0503A).

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

She reviewed her pre-selection brief before and after the CY03A  lieutenant
colonel CSB and found small administrative errors.  She found a penciled in
correction (oak leaf cluster (OLC)) on a formal decoration nomination,  she
was awarded two Meritorious Service Medals versus three and that she was on
a medical deferment.  During her promotion counseling, she was advised  her
biggest indicator for non-selection was her assignment history,  which  did
not indicate career progression, and more significantly, she had never been
a flight commander.  Another notable  administrative  error  was  that  her
brief should have indicated that she was designated and selected  for  ACSC
in residence, however, operationally deferred in  the  first  year  of  the
program.   However,  she  was  later  disqualified  for  ACSC   and   never
reconsidered even though a statue of limitations for  disqualification  was
removed from her record.

In support of her application, she provides a personal statement, a copy of
the discrepancy report for Board  P0503A,  copies  of  her  MSM  citations,
copies of her Officer Performance  Reports  for  the  period  beginning  14
December 1992 and ending 24 March 2003  and  her  Promotion  Recommendation
form for the P0503A  Board.   The  applicant’s  complete  submission,  with
attachments, is at Exhibit A.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

Information extracted from the  Military  Personnel  Data  System  (MilPDS)
indicates the applicant’s Total Active Federal Military Service Date  as  1
June 1988.  She is currently serving on active duty in the grade of  major,
with a date of rank of 1 October 1999.  As of  22  July  2004,  the  MilPDS
reflects two awards of the Meritorious Service Medal with  the  last  award
closing 28 March 2000.

The applicant’s OSB contains AF Forms  707B,  Officer  Performance  Reports
(OPRs) beginning with the rating period 9 June 1997 and ending on 24  March
2003 with overall ratings of “Meets  Standards.”   The  applicant  has  one
nonselection to the grade of lieutenant colonel by the CY03A  (18  Jul  03)
(P0503A) lieutenant colonel CSB.

Additionally,  the  applicant’s  OSB  indicates  she  was   awarded   three
Meritorious Service Medals  for  the  periods  26  March  1990  through  18
November 1994, 30 November 1994 through 8 July 1997  and  9  July  1997  28
March 2000; the Air Force Commendation Medal for the period 26  March  1990
through 18 November 1994; and three Air Force Achievement  Medals  for  the
periods 28 November 1988 through 1 April 1990, 29 January 1994  through  12
February 1994 and 8 September 1996 through 5 December 1996.  The assignment
history portion of the OSB does not indicate "flight commander" duty.

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AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DPASB states that there are no discrepancies  between  "duty  history"
and "duty titles."  The duty titles do  not  specifically  reflect  "Flight
Commander," but they accurately reflect  her  roles  and  responsibilities.
The AFPC/DPASB evaluation is at Exhibit C.

AFPC/DPAPE states that the applicant was selected to attend Air Command and
Staff College (ACSC) in her  first  year  of  eligibility  (1999)  but  was
subsequently operationally deferred to take an assignment to Guam.   As  an
ops-deferred ACSC select, she was entitled the opportunity  to  attend  the
following year as long as her commander revalidated  her  as  qualified  to
attend.  Her commander chose to remove her from attendance  with  prejudice
based on her performance under his command which was within his purview  as
her commander and documented in  her  record.   As  a  result,  she  became
ineligible for what would have been her  last  year  of  eligibility.   The
AFPC/DPAPE evaluation is at Exhibit D.

AFPC/DPPPO  recommends  the  application  be  denied.   DPPPO  states   the
applicant does not provide any documentation demonstrating what she did  to
correct the  missing  MSM  prior  to  the  convening  of  the  board  date.
Additionally, states DPPPO, since the citation for  the  MSM,  2  OLC,  was
filed in her Officer Selection Record, a notice was placed  in  her  record
indicating the decoration was missing; therefore, the  board  members  were
aware of its existence and it was factored into their promotion evaluation.
 The AFPC/DPPPO evaluation is at Exhibit E.

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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

On 18 June 2004, copies of the Air Force evaluations were forwarded to  the
applicant for review and response.   As  of  this  date,  this  office  has
received no response (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.  Insufficient relevant evidence has been  presented  to  demonstrate  the
existence of error or injustice.  We have reviewed  the  available  evidence
pertaining to the applicant’s  assertions  related  to  her  incorrect  duty
history and Professional Military Education (PME) designation.   Other  than
her own assertions, the applicant has provided no evidence showing  her  PME
status or her duty history on her  OSB  were  erroneous  when  seen  by  the
selection board  in  question.   While  it  appears  the  citation  for  the
applicant’s MSM (1OLC)  was  missing  from  her  selection  record  and  the
incorrect number of MSMs  was  shown  on  the  OSB,  we  note  there  was  a
discrepancy letter filed in her OSB and her MSM (2OLC) was on  file  in  her
selection record.  Therefore, it is our  opinion  the  selection  board  was
aware of the fact that she had been awarded three MSMs.   More  importantly,
we note that information similar to that contained  in  the  MSM  (1OLC)  is
contained in the OPRs the applicant received for her assignment at  Ramstein
AB.  Hence, we find the selection board had at its disposal  a  sufficiently
accurate record on which to base its  decision  concerning  the  applicant’s
promotability in relation to her peers.  In view of the above,  we  find  no
compelling  basis  to  recommend  granting  the  relief   sought   in   this
application.

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THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT:

The applicant be notified that the evidence presented  did  not  demonstrate
the existence of material error  or  injustice;  that  the  application  was
denied without a personal appearance; and that the application will only  be
reconsidered upon the submission of newly discovered relevant  evidence  not
considered with this application.

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The following members of the Board considered this application in  Executive
Session on 11 August 2004, under the provisions of AFI 36-2603:

            Mr. Thomas S. Markiewicz, Chair
            Ms. Martha J. Evans, Member
            Ms. Martha A. Maust, Member

The following documentary evidence was considered:

    Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 10 Feb 04, w/atchs.
    Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
    Exhibit C.  Letter, AFPC/DPASB, dated 2 Mar 04.
    Exhibit D.  Letter, AFPC/DPAPE, dated 17 May 04.
    Exhibit E.  Letter, AFPC/DPPPO, dated 15 Jun 04, w/atch.
    Exhibit F.  Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 18 Jun 04.





                                   THOMAS S. MARKIEWICZ
                                   Chair