RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
             AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS


IN THE MATTER OF:      DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2006-00954
            INDEX CODE:  135.00

            COUNSEL:  NONE

            HEARING DESIRED:  NOT INDICATED

MANDATORY CASE COMPLETION DATE:  12 SEP 07

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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

Her Retirement Year Ending  (RYE)  22  December  2003  be  changed  from  an
unsatisfactory year to a satisfactory year or the requirements be waived.

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

She failed to obtain the  minimum  Retention/Retirement  (R/R)  requirements
for fiscal year 2003 (FY03).  Extenuating circumstances warrant a change  in
her record.

She transferred from  a  traditional  Reserve  position  to  the  Individual
Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) program in September 2001.  She  was  mobilized
in support of Operation Noble Eagle  and  assigned  to  the  959th  Surgical
Operations Squadron, 59th Medical  Wing  at  Lackland  AFB,  Texas,  from  1
November 2001 through 31 October 2002.  After being demobilized,  she  began
participating as an IMA based on advice received from the 59th Medical  Wing
Reserve Liaison Office and was  told  that  she  could  start  participating
since it was a new FY.

Per AFMAN 36-8002 paragraph 1.4, she is requesting  an  excusal  of  meeting
the minimum points  for  her  R/R  year  due  to  personal  hardship  and/or
extraordinary circumstances.  She understands that she failed to  accomplish
her inactive duty training (IDT) within her  R/R  dates;  however,  she  was
making an honest effort to meet the  requirements  for  a  good  year.   She
further indicates, during her military career  (on  active  duty  and  as  a
Reservist) she has always worked hard to serve her  country.   FY03  was  no
different for her and despite some very challenging times  in  her  personal
life, she believed that she was fulfilling all  the  necessary  requirements
to maintain her good status in the Reserves.

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

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The relevant facts  pertaining  to  this  application,  extracted  from  the
applicant's military records, are contained in the letter  prepared  by  the
appropriate office of the Air Force (Exhibit C).

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AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DPAPP recommended denial indicating the applicant  began  participating
on 14 November 2002 and earned 16 IDT points prior to RYE 22 December  2002.
 For RYE 22 December 2002, the applicant is credited with  313  active  duty
(AD) points, 16 IDT points, 0 Extension Course Institute  (ECI)  points,  15
membership points, 344 total points  and  a  satisfactory  year  of  Federal
service.  Her participation  ended  June  2003  while  she  and  her  family
relocated due to her husband’s  reassignment  to  RAF  Lakenheath,  England.
For RYE 22 December 2003, the applicant  is  credited  with  12  AD  points,
8 IDT points, 0 ECI points, 15 membership points,  35 total  points  and  an
unsatisfactory year of Federal service.

When she began to prepare her  application  for  correction,  the  applicant
stated that she was advised by her program manager to check her records  for
other participation that she could have performed that  may  not  have  been
credited for in RYE 22 December 2003.  AF Forms  40A  document  courses  she
taught as a certified Trauma Nurse Core Course instructor for which she  had
not received point credit.  These forms have been approved for point  credit
by ARPC Medical IMA Force Management Division and administrative  correction
has been  accomplished.   For  RYE  22 December  2003,  the  member  is  now
credited with 12 AD points, 20 IDT  points,  0  ECI  points,  15  membership
points, 47 total points and an unsatisfactory year of Federal service.

Relocation to England caused the applicant to not  be  able  to  participate
and earn the required  50  points.   A  recommendation  to  disapprove  this
application is based on her failure to prove any  injustice  that  prevented
her from earning a satisfactory Federal service year.

The evaluation is at Exhibit C.

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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

The applicant reviewed the evaluation and responded that she was anxious  to
perform as many IDTs as early as possible for 2003 as she  was  anticipating
moving overseas and wanted to “front load” IDTs for the  year  in  case  she
had trouble getting attached to a unit.   However,  had  she  been  properly
informed of the date she could start to perform IDTs  for  2003,  she  would
not have started  until  after  23  December  2002.   Once  she  arrived  in
England, she felt no pressure to begin IDTs immediately since she was  under
the impression that she already accrued enough  points  for  a  satisfactory
year.  In March 2004, she learned that she had an unsatisfactory year.   Had
the 16 IDT points she accrued between 1 October 2002 and  22  December  2002
been added to the 35 points she accrued for RYE 22 December 2003, she  would
have had a satisfactory year for 2003.  She further indicates that  she  has
suffered an injustice, namely inaccurate advice from the 59th  Medical  Wing
Reserve Liaison Office and as a new IMA she depended  on  their  advice  and
direction.

The applicant’s response 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 an  error  or  injustice.   After  a  thorough  review  of  the
evidence of record, it is our opinion  that  corrective  action  in  such  a
manner  to  show  the  applicant’s  RYE  ending  22  December  2003  was   a
satisfactory year of Federal service is warranted.  In this  respect,  after
review of her submission in light of her history  of  participation  through
her career of military service, we believe that  the  applicant,  acting  in
good faith based upon advice she received, made every reasonable  effort  to
accumulate sufficient points to ensure she completed a satisfactory year  of
Federal service.  However, through what we believe to be  no  fault  of  her
own, she was unable to do so.  Accordingly, we recommend she be  awarded  an
additional three non-paid IDT points for RYE  ending  22  December  2003  as
indicated below and her records  reflect  a  satisfactory  year  of  Federal
service.

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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 she was awarded an additional  three
(3) non-paid inactive duty training points for retirement/retention year  23
December 2002 through 22 December 2003, resulting in 50 total  points;  and,
that the period 23 December 2002 through  22 December  2003  is  a  year  of
satisfactory Federal service.

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The following members of the Board considered AFBCMR Docket Number  BC-2006-
00954 in Executive Session on 1 June 2006, under the provisions of  AFI  36-
2603:

                 Mr. James W. Russell III, Panel Chair
                 Mr. Alan A. Blomgren, Member
                 Mr. Vance E. Lineberger, Member

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

   Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 24 Mar 06, w/atchs.
   Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
   Exhibit C.  Letter, ARPC/DPP, dated 24 Apr 06.
   Exhibit D.  Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 28 Apr 06, w/atch.
   Exhibit E.  Letter, Applicant, dated 1 May 06.




                 JAMES W. RUSSELL III
                 Panel Chair




AFBCMR BC-2006-00954





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 she was awarded an additional
three (3) non-paid inactive duty training points for retirement/retention
year 23 December 2002 through 22 December 2003, resulting in 50 total
points; and, that the period 23 December 2002 through 22 December 2003 is a
year of satisfactory Federal service.





            JOE G. LINEBERGER
            Director
            Air Force Review Boards Agency