RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2007-03338
INDEX CODE: 107.00
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX COUNSEL: NO
HEARING DESIRED: NO
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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:
His award of the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (GWOT-S)
and Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (GWOT-E) be
removed from his records and he be awarded the Afghanistan
Campaign Medal (ACM) and Iraq Campaign Medal (ICM) in their
place.
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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:
He was initially informed he could submit for all four awards,
the GWOT-S, GWOT-E, ACM, and ICM. Subsequently, he found out
that he could only receive the GWOT-S and GWOT-E or the ACM and
ICM. He would prefer the latter two.
In support of his request, the applicant has provided a personal
statement; a letter of support from his vice commander; a letter
to the National Personnel Records Center requesting all four
awards; his DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge
from Active Duty; DD Form 215, Correction to DD Form 214; two
Enlisted Performance Reports; award documents for the Bronze
Star Medal (BSM) and Air Medal (AM); and Individual Flight
Record Reports.
The applicants complete submission, with attachments, is at
Exhibit A.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
On 31 May 2004, the applicant was honorably discharged from the
Regular Air Force for sufficient service for retirement and
retired effective 1 June 2004 in the grade of chief master
sergeant (E-9). He served 27 years, 2 months, and 16 days of
active duty of which 3 years, 5 months, and 5 days was foreign
service.
Subsequent to his retirement, the applicants DD Form 214 was
corrected to add the BSM, GWOT-S, GWOT-E, and the Air Force
Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border (AFESR w/GB).
The remaining relevant facts pertaining to this application,
extracted from the applicants military records, are contained
in the letter prepared by the appropriate office of the Air
Force at Exhibit B.
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AIR FORCE EVALUATION:
AFPC/DPSIDR recommends disapproval of the applicants request
for the ACM and ICM. DPSIDR states the applicant served on
active duty from 15 March 1983 through 31 May 2004 and received
the GWOT-S and GWOT-E for his support of Operation ENDURING
FREEDOM (OEF). He is requesting the ICM and ACM based on
sorties he flew; however, they were unable to verify the
applicant completed the required amount of sorties to make him
eligible for award of the ICM or ACM.
DPSIDR states to be eligible for the ACM and ICM, a service
member must be assigned or attached to a unit participating in
OEF for 30 consecutive days or for 60 nonconsecutive days in
Afghanistan. Service members may also be eligible for these
awards by participating as a regularly assigned aircrew member
flying sorties into, out of, within, or over Afghanistan and
Iraq in direct support of OEF. Each day that one or more
sorties are flown in accordance with this criteria counts as one
day towards the 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive day
requirement.
The DPSIDR evaluation is at Exhibit C.
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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:
A copy of the Air Force evaluation was forwarded to the applicant
on 21 December 2007 for review and response within 30 days
(Exhibit D). As of this date, this office has received no
response.
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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 available records, we found no evidence
that the individual is eligible for the award of the ACM or ICM.
We note the applicants request that he wishes to trade-in his
GWOT-S and GWOT-E awards in exchange for the ACM and ICM awards;
however, trading awards is not an option. Additionally,
eligibility criteria for the ACM and ICM are different than that
of the GWOT-S and GWOT-E. The applicant did not provide any
documentary evidence to substantiate that he is eligible for the
ACM or ICM or, that he was recommended for these awards. In the
absence of such evidence, we agree with the opinion and
recommendation of the Air Force office of primary responsibility
and adopt their rationale as the basis for our conclusion that
the applicant has not been the victim of an error or injustice.
Accordingly, we find no compelling basis upon which to grant 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 20 February 2008, under the provisions
of AFI 36-2603:
XXXXXXXXXXXX, Panel Chair
XXXXXXXXXXXX, Member
XXXXXXXXXXXX, Member
The following documentary evidence was considered in connection
with AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2007-03338:
Exhibit A. DD Form 149, dated 15 Aug 07, w/atchs.
Exhibit B. Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
Exhibit C. Letter, AFPC/DPSIDR, dated 5 Dec 07.
Exhibit D. Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 21 Dec 07.
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Panel Chair
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