RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 

AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 

 

IN THE MATTER OF: DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2011-02105 

 COUNSEL: NONE 

 HEARING DESIRED: YES 

 

 

 

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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: 

 

1. She be reconsidered for promotion to the grade of major (0-4) 
by the Medical Service Corps (MSC) Officer FY06 (W0407A) Air 
Force Reserve Line and Health Profession Special Selection Board 
(SSB) with a date of rank of 1 Oct 06. 

 

2. As an alternative, she be reinstated and allowed to continue 
with the Air Force Ready Reserve until she reaches 20 years of 
satisfactory service under Title 10 U.S.C. 12731a(a). 

 

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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: 

 

She was not selected for promotion due an overage in her career 
field as a MSC officer and because there was no unit vacancy 
available. Her personnel file was missing certain documentation 
regarding her education/training and military experience. Her 
retirement/retention (R/R) date was in error. She believes there 
was a bias in the Officer Selection Brief (OSB) that showed her 
sex, age, and race. She is uncertain whether she was not 
selected for promotion based on her personal information being 
listed. She was not able to update her records prior to meeting 
the SSB. Therefore, she was not afforded the benefit to retire 
or continue in the Air Force Reserve (AFR). 

 

Currently she has 13 years and 8 months of satisfactory service 
with the AFR. She believes she was unable to achieve her 
promotion goal due to a lack of information in her master 
personnel file, which she diligently requested her records be 
corrected. 

 

In support of her request, the applicant provides excerpts from 
her personnel file, a printout from the Military Personnel Data 
System (MilPDS), e-mail communications, and letters of support. 

 

Her complete submission, with attachments, is at Exhibit A. 

 

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STATEMENT OF FACTS: 

 

The applicant is currently serving in the AFR in the grade of 
captain. She will be discharged on 1 Nov 11. 

 

Additional relevant facts pertaining to this application are 
contained in the letter prepared by the appropriate office of the 
Air Force. Accordingly, there is no need to recite these facts 
in this Record of Proceedings. 

 

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AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 

 

ARPC/DPB recommends denial. DPB states the Air Force Board of 
Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR) corrected the closing 
date on an AF Form 707, Officer Performance Report, which made 
her eligible for the V0409C board. During the review of her 
record for the SSB, DPB noted additional OSB errors that were 
seen by all three boards. Due to her assignments to and from the 
inactive status list Reserve section, some of her academic 
education, duty history, and participation records were partially 
erased; however, once these inaccuracies were corrected, the 
applicant was eligible for SSB consideration by all three 
previous promotion boards. 

 

Prior to each SSB, the applicant was notified in writing, of the 
convening date of the SSB, and she provided with a copy of the 
corrected OSB, (see Atch 2 of the DPB evaluation). The applicant 
met promotion boards; however, she was not selected by any of the 
SSBs. 

 

Regarding the applicant’s concern about the promotion board 
knowing her race/gender information, the Secretary of the Air 
Force specifically prohibits promotion boards’ knowledge of race, 
gender, ethnic, and age information for any officer considered 
for promotion. Although this information is contained in the 
MilPDS record, it is not presented to a promotion board. 
Therefore, these items could not have had any impact, positive or 
negative, on her promotability. 

 

The applicant offered one correction for each of the three OSB’s 
which was for the year she completed her baccalaureate degree to 
be placed on the OSB. DPB states that only the year of 
completion for the most recently completed degree is posted to an 
officer’s OSB. In this case, the applicant completed her 
master’s degree in Health Care management in 1987; therefore, 
that year was posted to her OSB. She wanted the “Currently 
Enrolled in Squadron Officer’s School (SOS) 2008” to be placed in 
the Developmental Education (DE) block on her OSB; however, only 
the completion of DE is entered into an officer’s record. The 


applicant wrote to the board to let them know that she was 
enrolled in SOS. 

The ARPC/DPB complete evaluation, with attachments, is at Exhibit 
B. 

 

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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 

 

The applicant responded by reiterating her original contentions, 
however, she states that she feels she was not provided the same 
opportunities as others who sought promotion and career 
advancement due to in part the lack of information she was able 
to access on her own when requesting her master personnel file, 
that clearly displayed her race, gender, and age. 

 

She took every opportunity that was offered to her which she 
could advance to the next higher grade. She sincerely wishes to 
attain a Reserve retirement. 

 

The applicant’s complete submission 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 the applicant's submission, 
we are not persuaded that her uncorroborated assertions, in and by 
themselves, are sufficiently persuasive to override the rationale 
provided by ARPC/DPB. Therefore, we agree with the opinion and 
recommendation of ARPC/DPB and adopt its rationale as the basis 
for our decision that the applicant has failed to sustain her 
burden of having suffered either an error or injustice. 
Therefore, in the absence of persuasive evidence to the contrary, 
we find no basis to recommend granting the relief sought in this 
application. 

 

4. The applicant's case is adequately documented and it has not 
been shown that a personal appearance with or without counsel will 
materially add to our understanding of the issues involved. 
Therefore, the request for a hearing is not favorably considered. 

 

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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-2011-02105 in Executive Session on 30 Aug 11, under the 
provisions of AFI 36-2603: 

 

 , Panel Chair 

 , Member 

 , Member 

 

The following documentary evidence was considered: 

 

 Exhibit A. DD Form 149, undated, w/atchs. 

 Exhibit B. Letter, ARPC/DPB, dated 11 Jul 11. 

 Exhibit C. Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 22 Jul 11. 

 Exhibit D. Letter, Applicant, dated 29 Jul 11. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Panel Chair