RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
             AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2005-03766
            INDEX CODE:  111.01, 131.01
            COUNSEL:  NONE
            HEARING DESIRED:  NO

MANDATORY CASE COMPLETION DATE: 13 Jun 07

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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

1.  Her Officer Performance Report (OPR) closing 30 May  05,  be  placed  in
her Calendar Year 2005A (CY05A) Officer Selection Record (OSR).

    2.   She  receive  Special  Selection  Board  (SSB)  consideration  for
       promotion to the grade of lieutenant  colonel  by  the  CY05A  Nurse
       Corps Lieutenant Colonel Central Selection Board.

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

She was assured that if the 30 May 05 OPR was in  the  system  it  would  be
placed in her OSR.  Her Commander's Support Staff informed  her  on  26  Jun
05, that the OPR was in the system.  During non-select  counseling  she  was
informed that the most recent OPR in her OSR was the OPR closing 30 May 04.

In support of her request, applicant provided a copy of the 30 May  05  OPR,
a SURF, and  a  supporting  statement  from  her  commander.   Her  complete
submission, with attachments, is at Exhibit A.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

Applicant entered active duty on 22 Aug 88.  She was progressively  promoted
to the grade of major, having assumed that grade effective and with  a  date
of rank of 1 Jul 01.  She was considered and not selected for  promotion  to
the grade of lieutenant colonel by  the  CY05A  Lieutenant  Colonel  Central
Selection Board which convened on 6 Jul 05.

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AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DPPPO recommends denial.  DPPPO states AFI 36-2501, Officer  Promotions
and Selective Continuation, states OPRs on EAD officers are due at  HQ  AFPC
no later than 60 days following closeout of the report.  The  contested  OPR
was not required to be on file until 30 Jul 05.  Inclusion of  reports  that
were not required to be in the OSR as the basis for SSB consideration  would
be unfair to other officers who had reports close  out  less  than  60  days
from the promotion board, and whose reports may not have been  expedited  by
their rating chains.  In  addition,  each  officer  eligible  for  promotion
consideration is advised of the entitlement to communicate  with  the  board
president.  The applicant could have used this means  to  inform  the  board
president of the accomplishments covered in the 30  May  05  OPR.   However,
she elected not to exercise this entitlement.  The DPPPO  evaluation  is  at
Exhibit A.

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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

Applicant reiterates that on 1 Jun 05 she visited AFPC for a records  review
and noticed the 2005 OPR was not in her OSR.  She was advised by  the  staff
member that it was not in the system and she needed to ensure it  gets  into
the system.  She was told once it was updated it  would  be  placed  in  her
OSR.  She tracked the OPR for two weeks and her MPF confirmed it was in  the
system.  She did not feel a need to write a letter to the board because  she
assumed the OPR had closed out and had been submitted prior to her visit  to
AFPC.  She was then assured that she had taken  the  necessary  action  from
her home station.  Her complete response, with attachments,  is  at  Exhibit
E.

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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.  In this respect,  the  applicant  requests
her OPR closing 30 May 05 be included in her CY05 OSR and  she  receive  SSB
consideration for promotion to the grade of lieutenant colonel.   The  Board
majority notes that the contested report closed on 30 May 05, was signed  by
her rater on 13 Jun 05, by the additional rater on 14 Jun  05,  and  by  the
reviewer on 21 Jun  05.   Thus,  it  appears  to  the  Board  majority  that
considerable effort was made on the part of her rating chain to  ensure  the
OPR would be made available for consideration prior to the convening of  the
6  Jul  05  selection  board.   The  Board  majority  believes  that   every
reasonable effort was made by the applicant to ensure the report was in  her
OSR, but through no fault of her own, the report  was  not  forwarded  in  a
timely manner.  In view of the above,  the  Board  majority  recommends  the
applicant's record be corrected to show that the contested OPR was  accepted
for file in her OSR prior to the convening of the CY05 selection  board  and
that her corrected record be placed before an SSB for consideration.

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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 her AF IMT 707A, Field Grade  Officer
Performance Report (OPR), rendered for the period 31  May  2004  through  30
May 2005, was accepted for file in her Officer Selection Record  on  1  July
2005.

It is further recommended that her record, to  include  the  above  OPR,  be
considered for promotion to the grade of lieutenant  colonel  by  a  Special
Selection Board for the  Calendar  Year  2005A  Central  Lieutenant  Colonel
Selection Board.

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The following members of the Board considered AFBCMR Docket Number  BC-2005-
03766 in Executive Session on 16 Mar 06, under the  provisions  of  AFI  36-
2603:

      Mr. Thomas S. Markiewicz, Chair
      Ms. LeLoy W. Cottrell, Member
      Mr. Frederick R. Beaman III, Member

By a majority vote, the Board members  voted  to  correct  the  records,  as
recommended.  Ms. Cottrell voted to deny the  applicant's  request  and  did
not desire to submit a minority report.

The following documentary evidence was considered:

    Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 15 Nov 05, w/atchs.
    Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
    Exhibit C.  Letter, AFPC/DPPPO, dated 23 Jan 06, w/atchs.
    Exhibit D.  Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 27 Jan 06.
    Exhibit E.  Letter, Applicant, dated 7 Feb 06, w/atchs.




                             THOMAS S. MARKIEWICZ
                                             Chair

AFBCMR BC-2005-03766




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 APPLICANT, be corrected to show that her AF IMT 707A, Field
Grade Officer Performance Report (OPR), rendered for the period 31 May 2004
through 30 May 2005, was accepted for file in her Officer Selection Record
on 1 July 2005.

      It is further directed that her record, to include the above OPR, be
considered for promotion to the grade of lieutenant colonel by a Special
Selection Board for the Calendar Year 2005A Central Lieutenant Colonel
Selection Board.







                                        JOE G. LINEBERGER
                                        Director
                                        Air Force Review Boards Agency