AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE FDO 1-00073
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GENERAL: The applicant appeals for a change in the reason for discharge.
The applicant was offered a personal appearance before the Discharge Review Board (DRBFbut declined to
exercise this right.
The attached brief contains the available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors leading to the
discharge.
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FINDINGS: Requested relief is denied.
The board finds that neither evidence of record nor that provided by the applicant substantiates an inequity
or impropriety, which would justify a change of reason for discharge.
The applicant's issue is listed in the attached brief
Issue: The member contends that her only option for being retained in the Air Force was to agree to be
retrained into another career field. In order to retrain the member needed additional retainability, and would
have had to extend her enlistment for 23 months. Having already served over 3 years, she did not feel the
retraining opportunities were in her best interest and she decided to separate from the Air Force. The
applicant feels that since the Air Force would not let her complete her initial enlistment without extending
to be retrained, the reason for discharge should be changed to convenience of the government. The Board
reviewed the record to find that the applicant had received an Honorable discharge and at her request her
commander had allowed her to remain in the Air Force an additional 10 months from her notification of
retraining. The applicant's separation from the Air Force was a voluntary separation and has been properly
coded as a Miscellaneous Separation. Additionally, the member should understand that there is no existing
reason in the Department of Defense coding system that stipulates convenience of the government. The
Board concluded that the reason for discharge was appropriate and the issue is without merit.
The Board found no evidence of impropriety or inequity in this case upon which to base a change of the
reason for discharge.
CONCLUSIONS: The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was consistent with the
procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation and was within the discFetion of the
discharge authority and that the applicant was provided full administrative due process.
Inview of the foregoing findings the board further concludes that there exists no legal or equitable basis for
upgrade of the reason for discharge and the reason for discharge should not be changed.
Attachment:
Examiner's Brief
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
ANDREWS AFB, MD
E'D-01-00073
(Former SRA) MISSING DOCUMENTS
1. MATTER UNDER REVIEW: Appl rec'd a HON Disch fr USAF 00/12/20 UP AFI 36-
3208, para 3.15 (Miscellaneous Reasons). Appeals for Change in Reason and
Authority for Disch.
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2. BACKGROUND:
a. DOB: 77/07/26. Enlmt Age: 20 2/12. Disch Age: 23 4/12. Educ:HS DIPL.
AFQT: N/A. A-60, E-64, G-86, M-36. PAFSC: 1C131 - Air Traffic Controller
Apprentice. DAS: 98/06/11.
b. Prior Sv: AFRes 97/09/30 - 97/11/18 (1 month 19 days)(Inactive).
3. SERVICE UNDER REVIEW:
a. Enld as AMN 97/11/19 for 4 yrs. Svd: 3 Yrs 1 Mo 2 Das, all AMs.
b. Grade Status: SRA - 00/11/19
A1C - 98/09/19
c. Time Lost: none.
d. Art 15's: none.
e. Additional: none.
f. CM: none.
g. Record of SV: 97/11/19 99/07/18 Nellis AFB 4 (Initial)
99/07/19 00/07/18 Nellis AFB 4 (Annual)
(Discharged from Nellis AFB)
h. Awards & Decs: AFTR, AFGCM.
i. Stmt of Sv: TMS: ( 3 ) Yrs (2) Mos (21) Das
TAMS: (3) Y r s (1) Mos (2) Das
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4 . BASIS ADVANCED FOR REVIEW: Appln (DD F'm 293) dtd 01/03/01.
(Change Discharge to Reason and Authority for Discharge)
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Issue 1: As stated in my separation request, my only option for retention
and retraining would have required an addtional (sic) 23 month extension.
Having completed as much of my initial enlistment as I had and the fact that
the opportunities for retraining were not in my best interest it left me no
other option than to separate. I asked on a number of occassions to be
allowed to complete my original four year commitment. I was told that would
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not be convenient to the government unless I extended. Since the government
imposed upon me this ultimate decision, I feel it would be just to change the
narrative reason for my separation to for the convenience of the government.
ATCH
1. AF Form 100.
2. Memorandum For 99MSS/CC, Separation Request, 24 Feb 0 0 .
3. AF Form 31, Request For Early Separation.
4. AFI 36-3208, Section 5B, 5.10,5.10.1, and 5.10.2.
5. DD Forms (Member 4 ti 1).
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