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AF | BCMR | CY2013 | BC 2013 04891
Original file (BC 2013 04891.txt) Auto-classification: Approved
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2013-04891
		COUNSEL:  NONE
		HEARING DESIRED:  NO


APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT:

1.  The following corrections be made to his DD Form 214, 
Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty.

     a. Item 11, Primary Specialty, be amended to include 
“3P051A, Military Working Dog Handler.”

     b. Item 12f, Foreign Service, be corrected to include 
Foreign Service time. (Administratively Corrected)
     
     c. Item 14, Military Education, be amended to include 
Military Working Dog Handler’s Course.” (Administratively 
Corrected)


APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT:

He completed the Military Working Dog Handler course and worked 
as a dog handler while he was on active duty.  .

In support of his request, the applicant provides copies of 
travel orders/vouchers, Military Working Dog Handler’s Course 
certificate, Student Report Card, Enlisted Performance Reports 
(EPR), Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET) 
and various other documents associated with her request.

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


STATEMENT OF FACTS:

The DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active 
Duty, issued in conjunction with his 28 September 2013 permanent 
disability retirement, reflects no foreign service.

In a letter, dated 20 December 2013, AFPC/DPAPP advised the 
applicant they determined he had boots-on-the-ground at Camp 
Bucca, Iraq from 18 December 2007 to 15 June 2008, for 6 months 
and 9 days foreign service and that his records would be 
administratively corrected.  They further advised the applicant 
that specific locations are not annotated on a member’s DD Form 
214, so he could use their letter as proof of “boots-on-ground” 
in Iraq.

In a letter, dated 9 January 2014, AFPC/DPSIT advised the 
applicant they were able to verify the omission of his 
additional training information and that his records would be 
administratively corrected.


AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

AFPC/DPSIC recommends granting the applicant’s request to amend 
his DD Form 214, Item 11, “Primary Specialty.”  This item 
currently reflects “3P051, Security Forces, 6 years and 1 
month.”  To add his period of service in Air Force Specialty 
Code (AFSC) 3P051A, Security Forces Journeyman Military Working 
Dog Handler, his current service in AFSC 3P051 must be decreased 
by 2 years and 1 month of service in AFSC 3P051A.  Therefore, 
his period of service in AFSC 3P051, Security Forces Journeyman 
should reflect 4 years and 10 months and his period of service 
in AFSC 3P051A, 2 years and 1 month.

The complete DPSIC evaluation is at Exhibit C.


APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF THE AIR FORCE EVALUATION:

DPSIC’s recommendation is based on the information from his 
VMET, which does not display the correct amount of time that he 
worked as a dog handler.  The Board can review his Military 
Working Dog Handler's Certificate, dated 8 January 2010.  
Immediately after graduation he was assigned back to Hill AFB 
and worked at the kennels.  He also includes 3 months of signed 
records from himself and the kennel master from January 2010 to 
March 2010 showing he performed the duties of a 3P051A starting 
from that point until he was medically retired from active duty. 
This is approximately 3 years and 5 or 6 months of time spent 
holding the 3P051A specialty vice the 2 years and 1 month DPSIC 
found on his VMET.

The applicant’s complete response, with attachment, is at 
Exhibit E.


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.  We agree 
with the opinion and recommendation of the Air Force Office of 
Primary Responsibility (OPR) that the applicant’s DD Form 
214 should be amended to include AFSC 3P051A.  However, while 
the OPR recommends his period of service in that AFSC should be 
changed to reflect 2 years and 1 month, we disagree.  After 
reviewing the applicant’s training records, Military Working Dog 
Handler's Certificate, EPRs and VMET, we find it is reasonable 
to conclude, based on a preponderance of evidence, that he 
served in AFSC 3P051A for a period of 3 years and 1 month.  
Accordingly, we recommend his records be corrected as set forth 
below.


THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT:

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air 
Force relating to APPLICANT be corrected to show that the DD 
Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, 
issued in conjunction with his 28 September 2013 permanent 
disability retirement, be amended in Item 11, Primary Specialty, 
to reflect “3P051, Security Forces, 3 years and 10 months; 
3P051A, Security Forces Journeyman Military Working Dog Handler, 
3 years and 1 month,” rather than “3P051, Security Forces, 
6 years and 11 months.”


The following members of the Board considered this application 
in Executive Session on 28 August 2014, under the provisions of 
AFI 36-2603:

      , Panel Chair
      , Member
      , Member

The following documentary evidence pertaining to AFBCMR BC-
2013-03337 was considered:

      Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 8 October 2013, w/atchs.
      Exhibit B. Letter, AFPC/DPSIC, dated 31 January 2013 [sic].
      Exhibit C. Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 14 February 2014.
      Exhibit D. Letter, Applicant, dated 18 February 2014, 
                 w/atch.





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