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AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 

DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2012-00525 
COUNSEL: NONE  
HEARING DESIRED: NO 

 
IN THE MATTER OF:    
     
 
     
 
 
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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: 
 
His  corrected  Officer  Performance  Report  (OPR)  rendered  for  the 
period  28 October  2008  thorough  27  October  2009  be  reconsidered 
for  supplemental  promotion  consideration  by  the  Calendar  Year 
2010A  (CY10A)  Lieutenant  Colonel  (Lt  Col)  Line  of  the  Air  Force 
(LAF) and the CY11A Lt Col LAF Central Selection Boards (CSBs).   
 
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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: 
 
His OPR closing 27 October 2009 contained an inappropriate school 
recommendation - Intermediate Developmental Education (IDE) rather 
than Senior Developmental Education (SDE), and may have negatively 
influenced his opportunity for promotion to the higher grade while 
being considered at both the CY10A Lt Col LAF and CY11A Lt Col LAF 
CSBs.  He believes the push for IDE in the contested report may 
have  been  interpreted  as  regression  because  his  previous  OPR 
included a recommendation for SDE.   
 
In  support  of  his  appeal,  the  applicant  provides  a  copy  of  the 
proposed  corrected  OPR  for  the  period  28  October  2008  through 
27 October 2009.  (Approved by the ERAB) 
 
The  applicant’s  complete  submission,  with  attachment,  is  at 
Exhibit A. 
 
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STATEMENT OF FACTS: 
 
The applicant is currently serving in the Regular Air Force in the 
grade of major (O-4).  He has two nonselections to the grade of 
lieutenant colonel (Lt Col) (O-5) by the CY10A and CY11A Lt Col 
LAF CSBs.   
 
The  applicant  filed  an  appeal  through  the  Evaluation  Reports 
Appeal  Board  (ERAB)  and  his  request  to  substitute  the  above 
referenced  OPR  with  the  correct  school  recommendation  (SDE)  was 
approved.    Due  to  the  ERAB  decision,  AFPC/DPSOO  granted  Special 
Selection Board (SSB) consideration for the CY11A Lt Col LAF CSB 

 

with the inclusion of the corrected OPR in his Officer Selection 
Record (OSR).   
 
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AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 
 
AFPC/DPSIDEP defers to AFPC/DPSOO.  DPSIDEP states that since the 
applicant’s  contested  OPR  was  approved  by  the  ERAB  for 
substitution  with  the  correct  Developmental  Education  (DE)  push, 
is  already  on  file  in  the  applicant’s  Officer  Selection  Record 
(OSR), and is present in the Automated Records Management System 
(ARMS), they have no action at this time.   
 
DPSIDEP indicates that although the approved substitute OPR in the 
applicant’s  record  closed  out  on  27  October  2009,  it  was  not 
finalized  with  all  digital  signatures  recorded  until  6  January 
2011, and wasn’t approved by the ERAB until 27 April 2011.  Both 
dates were after the convening date of the CY10A Lt Col LAF CSB.  
Therefore,  the  applicant  is  ineligible  for  supplemental 
consideration  of  the  CY10A  Lt  Col  LAF  CSB  due  to  the  signature 
dates  being  on  or  after  the  convening  date  of  that  particular 
board.    However,  this  ineligible  condition  does  not  apply  to 
potential SSB consideration for the CY11A Lt Col LAF CSB due to 
the  signature  dates  on  the  OPR  in  question  being  prior  to  that 
respective CSB.  To allow the OPR to be considered for SSB with 
signature  dates  on  or  after  the  CY10A  Lt  Col  LAF  CSB  convening 
date  would  allow  the  applicant  a  potential  promotion  selection 
advantage other officers are not afforded whose evaluations closed 
out in similar timeframes prior to a convening CSB.  In the event 
the AFBCMR determines any changes should be made to the evaluation 
report to make it eligible for the CY10A SSB, the only recourse of 
action  on  the  electronic  (digitally  signed)  version  of  the 
evaluation report, is to have the entire report reaccomplished in 
“wet signatures” (printed and physically signed).   
 
The complete DPSIDEP evaluation is at Exhibit C. 
 
AFPC/DPSOO  recommends  approval  of  SSB  consideration  with  the 
inclusion of the corrected 2 October 2009 OPR in the applicant’s 
CY10A OSR.  However, the signature dates on the report need to be 
changed to a date after the closeout date of 27 October 2009 and a 
date prior to the convening date (8 March 2010) of the CY10A Lt 
Col  LAF  CSB.    They  concur  with  DPSIDEP’s  recommendation  that  if 
any changes are required to make the 27 October 2009 OPR eligible 
for  consideration,  that  the  report  be  reaccomplished  in  “wet 
signature.”   
 
The complete DPSOO evaluation is at Exhibit D.   
 
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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 
 
Copies  of  the  Air  Force  evaluations  were  forwarded  to  the 
applicant on 30 May 2012 for review and response within 30 days 
(Exhibits  E).    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.  Sufficient  relevant  evidence  has  been  presented  to 
demonstrate  the  existence  of  an  error  or  injustice.    While  the 
applicant  and  his  rating  chain  should  have  caught  the 
inappropriate school recommendation prior to his records meeting 
the CY10A Lt Col LAF CSB, the fact remains that the report was 
in  error  and  created  a  possible  injustice  when  it  was  used  by 
that  board.    We  note  the  report  was  subsequently  corrected  but 
wasn’t  electronically  signed  until  6  January  2011  and  approved 
by the ERAB until 27 April 2011, thus making it ineligible to be 
used for consideration by an SSB for the CY10a Lt Col LAF CSB.  
While the applicant did receive SSB consideration by the CY11 Lt 
Col  LAF  CSB,  we  believe  the  missed  opportunity  to  use  the 
corrected  report  for  SSB  consideration  at  the  CY10A  Lt  Col  LAF 
CSB  has  created  an  injustice.    Therefore,  we  agree  with  the 
AFPC/DPSOO recommendation that the applicant is entitled to SSB 
consideration  by  the  CY10A  Lt  Col  LAF  CSB  in  order  to  correct 
the  possibility  of  an  injustice;  however,  the  report  must  be 
reaccomplished  in  “wet  signature”  with  appropriate  signature 
dates  in  order  for  it  to  be  considered  by  that  board.  
Accordingly, we recommend the applicant’s record be corrected as 
indicated below.   
 
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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: 
 
a.  The  Officer  Performance  Report  rendered  for  the  period 
28  October  2008  through  27  October  2009  be  reaccomplished  in 
“wet  signature”  with  the  signature  dates  being  after  the  OPR 
closeout date of 27 October 2009 and prior to the CY10A Lt Col 
CSB date of 8 March 2010.   

 

 

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b. The corrected record be considered for promotion to the 
grade of lieutenant colonel by an SSB for the CY10A Lt Col CSB.   
 
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The  following  members  of  the  Board  considered  AFBCMR  Docket 
Number  BC-2012-00525  in  Executive  Session  on  21  August  2012, 
under the provisions of AFI 36-2603: 
 

 
All  members  voted  to  correct  the  records,  as  recommended.    The 
following documentary evidence for AFBCMR Docket Number BC-2012-
00525 was considered: 
 

Exhibit A.  DD Forms 149, dtd 7 May 10, with atchs. 
Exhibit B.  Letter, AFPC/DPAMN, dtd 17 Jun 10, w/atchs. 
Exhibit C.  Letter, AFPC/DPSOO, dtd 19 Aug 10, w/atchs. 
Exhibit D.  Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 10 Sep 10.  

 
 
 

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