RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
         AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2005-00843
            INDEX CODE:  135.02

            COUNSEL:  NONE

            HEARING DESIRED: NO

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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

Her  records  be  changed  to   reflect   satisfactory   service   for
retention/retirement (R/R) year 15  October  2002  through  14 October
2003.

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

In February 2003 she resigned from the  911th  Airlift  Wing  (AW)  in
hopes of being gained by the Pennsylvania Air National  Guard  (PAANG)
in the fall of 2003.  Due to an administrative error transfer  of  her
medical  records  was  delayed  between   the   losing   and   gaining
organizations thereby delaying her enlistment.  Consequently,  and  at
no fault of her own, she earned  only  49  points  of  the  50  points
required to obtain a satisfactory year of service.

In support of her  appeal,  the  applicant  has  provided  a  personal
statement and a letter of support from a PAANG recruiter.

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

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The applicant, a current member  of  the  PAANG,  began  her  military
career on 15 October  1985.   She  attained  the  grade  of  technical
sergeant with a date of rank of 10 December 2004.  She served with the
911th AW, Air Force Reserve (AFR), until her resignation from the  AFR
in February 2003.  Up to the time of her resignation she had earned 20
active duty points and 14 inactive duty points.   Along  with  her  15
membership points, she was one point shy of  the  required  50  points
needed for R/R year of 15 October 2002 through 14 October 2003 to be a
satisfactory year of Federal service.

Approximately  six  months  after  submitting  her   resignation,   on
25 August  2003,  she  was  transferred  to  the  Non-obligated,  Non-
participating  Ready  Personnel  Section   (NNRPS).    She   did   not
participate from the time she submitted her resignation  to  the  time
she was actually transferred to the  NNRPS  approximately  six  months
later.  She began the process of enlisting with the PAANG  in  October
2003 leaving her less than one month remaining in the current R/R with
which to earn the one point  she  needed.   As  a  result  of  missing
medical records she was not able to complete her enlistment  with  the
PAANG and begin  earning  points  until  23 January  2004,  after  the
affected R/R year had passed.

She is currently serving with the PAANG as a technical  sergeant  with
over 18 years of satisfactory service as of October 2004.

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AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

HQ ARPC/DPP recommends denial.  DPP states she did  not  serve  during
the six months between her application for resignation and her  actual
transfer to the NNRPS.  DPP also notes she didn’t begin her enlistment
process with the PAANG until the final month of her R/R  year  leaving
her with too little time to earn the point she needed.  DPP notes  the
issue of missing medical records as the cause of her not  earning  her
final point with the PAANG in time is not relevant.  They state,  even
with medical records, she would not have been scheduled for her  first
unit training assembly (UTA) with the PAANG until  the  November  2003
UTA period, a month past her 2002-2003 R/R year.

DPP’s complete evaluation, with attachments, is at Exhibit C.

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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

Applicant contends she had every intention of participating during the
six months between her resignation request and her  eventual  transfer
to the NNRPS.  However, the commander at the 911th AW had  implemented
a policy that did not allow anyone that had  resigned  to  participate
during the period prior to transfer to the NNRPS.

Applicant’s complete response is at Exhibit D.

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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.  After a thorough review  of  the
evidence of record and applicant's submission, we  are  not  persuaded
that her uncorroborated assertions her commander would not  allow  her
to perform UTA’s for the six  months  prior  to  her  resignation  and
missing medical records, in and by themselves, sufficiently persuasive
to override the rationale provided by the Air  Force.   Therefore,  we
agree with the opinion and recommendation of the Air Force  office  of
primary responsibility and adopt the rationale expressed as the  basis
for our decision that the applicant has failed to sustain  her  burden
of having suffered either an error or injustice.  She has provided  no
evidence validating her contention that her former commanders’  policy
was to not allow members who had applied for  resignation  to  perform
Unit Training Assemblies (UTAs) prior to their transfer to the  NNRPS.
Therefore, in the absence of persuasive evidence to the  contrary,  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 AFBCMR Docket Number BC-
2005-00843  in  Executive  Session  on  25  October  2005,  under  the
provisions of AFI 36-2603:

      Mr. John B. Hennessey, Panel Chair
      Ms. Janet I. Hassan, Member
      Ms. LeLoy W. Cottrell, Member

The following documentary evidence was considered:

    Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 5 Mar 05, w/atchs.
    Exhibit B.  Letter, HQ ARPC/DPP, dated 2 Aug 05, w/atchs.
    Exhibit C.  Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 5 Aug 05.
    Exhibit D.  Letter, Applicant, dated 24 Aug 05.




                                   JOHN B. HENNESSEY
                                   Panel Chair