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AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 

DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2012-02317 
COUNSEL: NO 
HEARING DESIRED: NO 

 
IN THE MATTER OF:    
 
 
 
 
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APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT: 
 
Her  records  be  corrected  to  show  that  she  was  selected  for 
promotion by the Calendar Year 2011A (CY11A) Lieutenant Colonel 
(Lt Col) Central Selection Board (CSB).   
 
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APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT: 
 
Her promotion record was not complete at the time of the CY11A 
Lt  Col  CSB  which  prevented  the  promotion  board  from  making  a 
proper  determination  on  her  qualifications/competitiveness  for 
promotion. 
 
Her Officer Performance Report (OPR) closing 1 May 2011 was not 
filed  in  her  Officer  Selection  Record  (OSR)  for  the  original 
CY11A Lt Col CSB.  This was caused by her unit not ensuring it 
was  finalized  on  time  and  filed  in  her  OSR.    She  had  been 
deployed and had received three individual awards which were not 
reflected  on  her  Promotion  Recommendation  Form  (PRF)  and  thus, 
were not considered by the promotion board.   
 
The  applicant’s  complete  submission,  with  attachments,  is  at 
Exhibit A. 
 
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STATEMENT OF FACTS: 
 
The  applicant  is  currently  serving  in  the  Regular  Air  Force  in 
the  rank  of  major  (O-4).    She  has  two  non-selections  for 
promotion to the grade of Lt Col by the CY11A and CY12A Lt Col 
CSBs.  
 
The  ERAB  favorably  considered  her  request  to  change  the 
signature  dates  on  her  1  March  2011  OPR  to  dates  prior  to  the 
original  CY11A  CSB  and  provide  her  SSB  consideration  for 
promotion.    She  was  considered  and  non-selected  by  the  SSB  for 
the CY11A Lt Col CSB.   
 
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AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 
 
AFPC/DPSID  defers  to  the  appropriate  office  of  primary 
responsibility  in  regards  to  the  applicant’s  request  for 
promotion.    DPSID  states  although  the  applicant  perceives  an 
injustice, the closeout date of the evaluation was just six days 
prior to the original promotion board convening.  Evaluators are 
provided  60  days  after  the  closeout  date  of  an  evaluation  to 
process  the  evaluation  into  the  official  military  record  in 
accordance  with  Air  Force  Instruction  36-2406.    In  this  case, 
the  applicant  requested  relief  from  the  ERAB  to  include  this 
information  for  a  supplemental  promotion  board.    The  ERAB 
granted  the  administrative  relief  by  changing  the  signature 
dates  of  the  evaluators  on  the  evaluation  to  appear  it  was 
signed  and  processed  prior  to  the  original  promotion  board  so 
the  information  could  be  included.    Accordingly,  the  applicant 
has  been  provided  all  administrative  relief  regarding  the 
evaluations portion of her requests as the corrected record was 
subsequently considered by the SSB for promotion consideration.   
 
The complete DPSID evaluation is at Exhibit C.   
 
AFPC/DPSOO recommends denial.  DPSOO states an SSB convened for 
the purpose of having a relook based on an error or injustice is 
just  that,  a  relook.    Any  non-selections  received  from  an  SSB 
for  that  purpose  does  not  constitute  another  non-selection.  
Therefore,  there  is  nothing  to  be  voided.    The  non-selection 
received  by  the  CY11A  Lt  Col  CSB  SSB  was  based  on  a  complete 
review  of  the  applicant’s  record,  to  include  her  1  March  2011 
OPR.  All the corrections requested by the applicant were made.  
There is no evidence to suggest the applicant was prejudiced by 
this  board.    Without  proof  of  error  or  injustice,  the  non-
selection should not be voided.   
 
The complete DPSOO evaluation is at Exhibit D.   
 
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APPLICANT'S REVIEW OF AIR FORCE EVALUATION: 
 
She  had  trust  in  her  leadership  and  the  Air  Force  institution, 
that  while  she  was  deployed,  and  in  one  of  the  most  critical 
promotion periods in her career, that her leadership would do the 
right thing; that they would give her a fair and equitable chance 
to compete with her peers.  She is asking the Board to review her 
entire  package  to  include  the  recommendations  and  documents  she 
submitted  in  support  of  her  request.    She  strongly  believes  she 
was  not  fairly  considered  for  promotion  during  her  original 
promotion  board  to  Lt  Col,  as  her  records  did  not  include  her 
1 March 2011 OPR.  
 
The applicant’s complete rebuttal is at Exhibit F.   
 
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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  probable  error  or  injustice  to 
warrant her promotion to the grade of Lt Col by the CY11A Lt Col 
CSB.  In this respect, we note the applicant contends the CY11A 
Lt  Col  CSB  was  prevented  from  making  a  proper  determination  on 
her  qualifications/competitiveness  for  promotion  because  the 
1 March  2011  OPR  was  not  a  matter  of  record  and  as  such,  her 
Officer  Selection  Record  was  incomplete.    However,  this  was 
remedied  by  the  ERAB,  when  they  provided  her  promotion 
consideration  by  an  SSB  for  the  CY11A  Lt  Col  CSB,  with  the 
1 March 2011 OPR a matter of record.  As such, we find that she 
has  received  full  and  fitting  relief.    The  Board  observes  that 
officers  compete  for  promotion  under  the  whole  person  concept 
whereby many factors are carefully assessed by selection boards.  
An  officer  may  be  qualified  for  promotion  but,  in  the  judgment 
of a selection board vested with the discretionary authority to 
make  the  selections,  may  not  be  the  best  qualified  of  those 
available  for  the  limited  number  of  promotion  vacancies.    As 
such,  we  believe  that  a  duly  constituted  selection  board 
applying  the  complete  promotion  criteria  is  in  the  most 
advantageous  position  to  render  this  vital  determination,  and 
that  its  prerogative  to  do  so  should  only  be  usurped  under 
extraordinary  circumstances.    Therefore,  in  view  of  the  above 
and in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we find no basis 
upon which to recommend favorable consideration of the requested 
relief.  
 
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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-2012-02317  in  Executive  Session  on  12  February  2013, 
under the provisions of AFI 36-2603: 
 
 
 
 

, Panel Chair 
, Member 
, Member 

 
The  following  documentary  evidence  pertaining  to  AFBCMR  Docket 
Number BC-2012-02317 was considered: 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Exhibit A.  DD Form 149, dated 23 May 12, w/atchs. 
Exhibit B.  Applicant's Master Personnel Records. 
Exhibit C.  Letter, ARPC/DPSID, dated 14 Jul 12. 
Exhibit D.  Letter, ARPC/DPSOO, dated 15 Aug 12. 
Exhibit E.  Letter, SAF/MRBR, dated 30 Aug 12. 
Exhibit F.  Letter, Applicant, dated 24 Sep 12. 

  
  

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
Panel Chair 

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