RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2010-01283
COUNSEL: NONE
HEARING DESIRED: NO
_________________________________________________________________
APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:
His records be corrected to reflect award of the Iraqi Campaign
Medal (ICM) and 179 days be added to his Foreign Service time.
_________________________________________________________________
APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:
He was deployed to Kuwait/Iraq in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom from 12 Oct 05 to 9 Apr 06, for a total of 179 days.
He was awarded the Iraqi Campaign Medal by a memorandum, dated
25 Mar 06.
He desires the changes to establish eligibility for various
educational grants and scholarships at institutions of higher
learning.
In support of his request, the applicant provides copies of
deployment orders, ICM award letter, and a certificate of
wartime service.
The applicant's complete submission, with attachments, is at
Exhibit A.
_________________________________________________________________
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
The applicant served in the Regular Air Force from 30 May 02 to
29 May 06.
Eligibility for the ICM requires service members to have served
in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The period
of eligibility is on or after 19 Mar 03 to a future date to be
determined by the Secretary of Defense or the cessation of OIF.
Service members qualified for the Global War on Terrorism
Expeditionary Medal (GWOT-E) by reasons of service between
19 Mar 03 and 28 Feb 05, in an area for which the ICM was
subsequently authorized, shall remain qualified for that medal.
Upon application, any such service members may be awarded the
ICM in lieu of the GWOT-E for such service. No service members
shall be entitled to both medals for the same deployment,
action,achievement or period of service. Service members musthave been assigned, attached or mobilized to units operating in
the area of eligibility for 30 consecutive days or for60 non-
consecutive days or meet one of the following criteria:
1) Be engaged in combat during an armed engagement, regardless
of the time in the area of eligibility; 2) While participating
in an operation or on official duties, is wounded or injured andrequires medical evacuation from the area ofeligibility; 3)
While participating as a regularly assigned aircrew member
flying sorties into, out of, within or over the area of
eligibility in direct support of the military operations; eachday of operations counts as one day of eligibility.
AIR FORCE EVALUATION:
HQ AFPC/DPSIDR recommends denial for award of the ICM. DPSIDR
states they were unable to verify the applicant served in Iraq.
However, HQ AFPC/DPAPP was able to verify the applicant was
deployed to Kuwait from 22 Oct 05 to 10 Apr 06 and have
indicated the applicants records will be administratively
corrected to reflect this Foreign Service.
The completeHQ AFPC/DPSIDRevaluationis at Exhibit C.
APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION:
A copy of the Air Force evaluationwas forwarded to the
applicant on 1 Oct 10for review and comment within 30 days(Exhibit D). As of this date, this office has not received aresponse.
THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT:
1.The applicant has not exhausted all remedies provided by
existing law or regulations.
2.Theapplication was not timely filed; however, it is in the
interest of justice to excuse the failure to timely file.
3.Insufficient relevant evidence has been presented to
demonstrate the existence of error or injustice. We note the
applicant provided documentation indicating he had fulfilled the
requirements for award of the Iraqi Campaign Medal; however, wenote that upon application, any such service members may be
awarded the Iraqi Campaign Medal in lieu of theGlobal War onTerrorism Expeditionary Medalfor such serviceand that no
service members shall be entitled to both medals for the same
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deployment, action,achievement or period ofservice.Given
this fact, we note the applicant has not exhausted all his
administrative remedies for award of the IraqiCampaign Medal.
Therefore, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we find
no basis to recommend granting the relief sought in this
application.
THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT:
The applicant be notified that the evidence presented did not
demonstrate the existence of material error or injustice; thatthe application was denied without a personal appearance; and
that the application will only be reconsidered upon the
submission of newly discovered relevant evidence not consideredwith this application.
The following members of the Board considered Docket Number
BC-2010-01283in Executive Session on16 November2010, under
the provisions of AFI 36-2603:
, Panel Chair
, Member
, Member
The following documentary evidence was considered:
Exhibit A. DD Form 149, dated16 Apr 10, w/atchs.
Exhibit B. Applicant's Master Personnel Records.
Exhibit C. Letter,HQ AFPC/DPSIDR, dated15 Sep 10.
Exhibit D. Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated1 Oct 10.
Panel Chair
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