Advise applicant of the decision of the Board, the right to a personal appearance withlwithout counsel, and the right to submit an 
application to the AFBCMR 

Names and votes will be made available to the applicant at the applicant's request. 

*Reason and Authority 
+Reenlistment Code 

AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00 

(EF-V2) 

Previous edition will be used 

SECRETARY OF THE AIR  FORCE PERSONNEL UOUNCII. 
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW  BOARD 
1535 COMMAND DR, EE WING. >AD FI.OOR 
ANDREWS AFB, MD 20162-1002 

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE 

CASE NUMBER 

FD~2006~00072 

GENERAL:  The  applicant  appeals  for  upgrade  of  discharge  to  honorable,  to  change  the  reason  and 
authority for the discharge, and to change the reenlistment code. 

The applicant was offered a personal  appearance before the Discharge Review Board (DRB) but declined to 
exercise this right. 

The attached brief contains available pertinent  data on the applicant and the factors leading to the discharge. 

FINDINGS:  Upgrade  of  discharge,  change  of  reason  and  authority  for  discharge,  and  change  of 
reenlistment code are denied. 

The  Board  finds  that  neither  the  evidence  of  record  nor  that  provided  by  the  applicant  substantiates  an 
inequity or impropriety that would justify  a change of discharge. 

ISSUE: 

Applicant contends discharge was inequitable because it was too harsh.  He contends that he was punished at 
Keesler AFB with 30 days of correctional custody and reduction in rank.  He feels his life should not be 
ruined for disciplinary infractions in which he already received punishment.  The records indicated the 
applicant received two Article  15's, and a Vacation for misconduct.  The first Article  15 was for providing 
alcohol to an airman under the age of 2 1.  He received a suspended reduction to airman basic and 30 days of 
correctional custody.  The Vacation action was for failure to go to appointed place of duty.  This action 
resulted in his reduction in grade to airman basic.  The second Article  15 was for failure to report to the First 
Sergeant's office.  He was punished with restriction to the limits of Eglin AFB for 14 days and 14 days of 
extra duty.  The DRB opined that through these administrative actions, the applicant had ample opportunities 
to change his negative behavior.  The Board concluded the misconduct was a significant departure from 
conduct expected of all military members.  The characterization of the discharge received by the applicant 
was found to be appropriate. 

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  discretion  of the 
discharge authority and that the applicant was provided full administrative due process. 

In view of the foregoing findings, the Board further concludes that there exists no legal or equitable basis for 
upgrade of discharge, thus the applicant's discharge should not be changed. 

Attachment: 
Examiner's Brief 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR  FORCE 

AIR  FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD 

ANDREWS AFB,  MD 

(Former AB)  (HGH AMN) 

1.  MATTER UNDER  REVIEW:  Appl rec'd a GEN ~ i s c h  fr USAF Eglin AFB, FL on 5 Jul 
05 UP AFI 36-3208, para 5.49 (Misconduct -  Minor Disciplinary Infractions). 
Appeals for Honorable Discharge and to Change the Reason and Authority for 
Discharge. 

2.  BACKGROUND: 

a. DOB: 17 Jan 83.  Enlmt Age: 21 0/12.  Disch Age: 22 5/12. Educ: HS DIPL. 

AFQT: N/A.  A-45,  E-54,  G-55,  M-68. PAFSC: 23633 -  Telephone Systems 
Apprentice. DAS: 28 Dec 04. 

b.  prior S v :   (1) AFRes 4 Feb 04 -  17 May 04 (3 months 14 days) (Inactive). 

3.  SERVICE UNDER REVIEW: 

a.  Enlisted as AB 18 May 04 for 4 yrs. Svd: 01 Yrs 01 Mo 18 Das, all AMS. 

b.  Grade Status:  AB  -  14 Mar 05  (Vacation of Article 15, 6 Jan 05) 

Amn -  18 Nov 04 

c.  Time Lost :  None. 

d.  Art 15's:  (1) 10 Jun 05, ~ g l i n  AFB, FL -  Article 86.  You, did, on or 

about 27 May 05, without authority, fail to go at the 
time prescribed to your appointed place of duty, to wit: 
the First Sergeant's office, Building 249 at 0900 hours. 
Restriction to the limits of Eglin AFB, Florida, marked 
by the East, West, Hospital and ACC gates for 14 days. 
Fourteen days extra duty.  (No appeal)  (No mitigation) 

(2) 6  Jun 05, Vacation, Eglin AFB, FL -  Article 86.  You, 
did, on or about 23 May 05, without authority, fail to 
go at the time prescribed to your appointed place of 
duty, to wit: Building 253.  Reduction to AB. 
(No appeal)  (No mitigation) 

( 3 )   14 Mar 05, Eglin AFB, FL -  Article 92.  You, who knew 

of your duties, on or about 12 Feb 05, were derelict in 
failed to refrain from providing alcohol to A m  n 
the performance of those duties in that you willfully 
1, who was under the age of twenty-one, as it 
was your duty to do.  Suspended reduction to AB.  Thirty 
days correctional custody, and a reprimand. (No appeal) 
(No mitigation) 

e .   Additional: None. 

f.  CM:  None. 

g.  Record of SV: None. 

h.  Awards &  Decs:  GWOTSM, AFTR, NDSM. 

i.  Stmt of S v :   TMS: (01) Yrs  (05) Mos  (02) Das 
TAMS:  (01) Yrs  (01) Mos  (18) Das 

4.  BASIS ADVANCED FOR REVIEW:  Appln  (DD Fm 293) dtd 10 Feb 06. 

(Change Discharge to Honorable, and Change the Reason and Authority for 

Discharge) 

ISSUES ATTACHED TO BRIEF. 

ATCH 
1. Applicant's Issues. 
2. Notification Memorandum. 
3 .   AF Form 3070, Nonjudicial Punishment Proceedings, 14 Mar 05. 
4. AF Form 366, Record of Proceedings of Vacation of Suspended Nonjudicial 

Punishment, 06 Jun 05. 

5. AF Form 3070, Nonjudicial Punishment Proceedings, 10 Jun 05. 
6. Statement of Financial Status. 
7. Letter of Support. 

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2.  Filling sand bags hundreds of them building a wall then tearing it down and 

all over again. 

dumping the sand out. 

the time when this incident happened I 
Issue 1 : Providing alcohol to airmen-kt 
just never gave any thought of how old he was or the age of anyone else in our circle of 
guys I ran around with, When you eat, sleep, P.T., live and go to class and go through all 
the same military experiences these guys are all you know. You do everything together. I 
know I showed poor judgment drinking with him. But nobody's judgment is good when 
alcohol is involved, I was sent to Keesler AFB for 30 days of correctional custody. I 
don't  even know how to begin to tell you what 30 days of CC did to me. It's an 
experience to me a nightmare I will remember the rest of my life. The prison guards at 
Abu Greib prison didn't have anything on this kind of punishment. Only we weren't 
physically beaten not at the hands of someone else but they had other ways of physically 
beating us things 1 did there: 

1.  Digging holes in the sandpit ALL DAY then filling them back in. Then starting 

3.  Raking leaves when there werc no leaves to rake. But you considered it a good 

day without a shovel in your hand. 

4.  Being told to get in full dress uniform. Then being told to run behind a jeep and 

to keep up with it for miles in the summer heat. 

5.  Being fed a full meal and getting P.T. until you threw up or passed out or both. I 

was always being told to do someone else's push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups. There 
was a female in the group that I was order to do hers after she fell over from 
exhaustion. This was an everyday basis. I was always singled out to do her left 
over tasks. I am a very muscular and physically fit person. This guy was in my 
face everyday doing this, he told me he would break me, he said I eat steroids and 
wash them down with beer. He'd  get angrier when I wouldn't agree with that 
remark and P.T. me all the more, Rut I never lost my military bearing like many 
did. I would like to say I had no respect for anyone that ordcrs you to do 
something they've never done themselves. I also want to say I've never been a 
violent person. I could never severely harm another person just for kicks. I 
couldn't  even hunt animals with my dad growing up because I couldn't  kill 
things. But I went to bed every night there with murderous thoughts for that guy, 
and that's NOT me. I was so afraid of what I was becoming being there. The only 
way 1 could cope was to put my mind somewhere else thinking of good times 
with my family and friends at home, shutting this guy out. I went through this 
daily physical abuse. It served no purpose in correction. This guy loved his job. 
6.  To use the bathroom there were 6 red lines in the hall. You stood witb your toes 
on the line and gave a 6 part reporting statement before crossing to the next line 
then you did it all over again at each line. I heard those reporting statements in my 
head long after I left there. 1 even found myself looking down at the floor for red 
lines when I didn't have to anymore. 

7.  Sleep depravation we laid down for 6 hours. You got up for 2 hours to walk the 
halls on your watch every night. So you weren't allowed to rest at night if you 
were in your room during the day which was rare. You stood and did not get to sit 
in your room, so we weren't  off our feet much, 

8.  Given impossible tasks like digging a 4-4 trench after P.T. all day or running 

behind the jeep. They knew you were already physically exhausted. 

These are the kinds of things you had to look forward to everyday. This was a place 
of sevelzpunishment aimed at breaking your moral. It wasn't  a correctional institute. 
And the people running this place took great pleasure in their jobs. So you have to put 
their character into question. To abuse and humiliate fellow Americans,  their own, for 
no good reason. We didn't commit a major crime they have no consciences. I 
couldn't make myself treat my fellow man like that even if ordered to do so. 

T 

Society bas a label for people like sociopaths. And I truly believer those were the 
types of people in charge. Inmates on death row, the condemned aren't treated like we 
were and they've murdered people. All I did was drink with a minor. The punishment 
definitely didn't  fit my crime. That place left a bad taste in my mouth, It did 
something to me, to my moral, my emotional state. I didn't want to be around anyone, 
I felt alone. 1 just didn't care anymore about being an airman. I couldn't respect 
authority that would do such heinous things to their own men. That place was overkill 
and at times I thought it would kill me or I'd  kill me. I tried to get back to normal but 
I just didn't want it anymore. I wanted my civilian life again, something normal to be 
around people who loved me. The other two incidents I will try to explain a little. 
ON THE NOTLFICATION MEMORANDOM 
trying to there which got me into further trouble & did show up, 
(2B) I was at my appointment but got there late du  to a speeding ticket I received 
- (2A) After that I knew I was in trouble and didn't show up, Normally 1 wouldn't  dare 
do thin  s like that but I just didn't want to deal with it anymore.  SSGT n 
d was concerned about me and my behavior and asked me to go home with 
him. He thought it might do me some good to spend the day with his family. I told 
him everything I'm  telling you and that I was going to ask for separation because I 
was going down in rank to E-1 . I told him how I felt about things and how that loss of 
money would hurt me financially. I also worked on the side at Circuit City to boast 
my pay, but had to quit when I was put on 14 days base restriction. I told him 1 had to 
get out because I couldn't stand the thought of losing my truck. I bought that truck 
brand new on my own. My parents co-signed my previous vehicle I proved myself 
with my creditors. That shows I'm  a responsible person to be able to buy a $30,000 
truck on my own at the age of 1 9. I had many sleepless nights wowing about how I 
was going to make my payments on top of insurance and other monthly expenses 
with my income. SEE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL STATUS+$- 
Had my truck been repossessed my credit would have been ruined. You can't have 
anything in this life with bad credit. My truck was all I had that made me feel like me. 
And 1 wasn't  losing that too. So I went to the commander and begged to be left out of 
the military. I would like to prove my good character please read S S G T n  
LETTER OF SUPPORT. I truly do take pride in my work. I have always had a high 
work ethic, I was selected out of a few to work in the central office. PLEASE READ 
MY RESPONSE TO OFFFER OF NONJUDICIAL PUNISHh4ENT. PARAGRAPH 
3. Being a guidon bearer is a honor I was chosen for but had to give it up because I 
got to nervous. But somebody seen something in me I never had a 341 pulled, that 

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should tell you something about my character. And giving more than 100% to my 
employer is just my way. I worked hard to study for my CDC's, because I knew how 
important they were to pass. Worrying about my credit shows maturity. Please take 
all of this and the punishment I received into consideration when making your 
decision. MISCONDUCT labels me as a bad person. I'm  not a bad person I just did a 
bad thing, for which I paid. Don't  punish me further for a crime of the past with my 
future. 
Thank you for taking the time to read this, 

DEPARTMENT OF 'THE AIR FORCE 

96TH COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON (AFMC) 

EGLlN AFB, FLORIDA 32542 

FROM:  96 CSICC 

SUBJECT: Notification Memorandum 

1.  1 am recommending your discharge from the United States Air Force for Misconduct: Minor 
Disciplinary Infractions.  The authority for this action is AFPD 36-32 and AFI 36-3208, paragraph 
5.49. If my recommendation is approved, your service will be characterized as an Under 
Honorable Conditions (General) Discharge. I am recommending that your service be characterized 
as an Under Honorable Conditions (General) Discharge. 

2.  My reason for this action is: 

a.  You, did at or near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on or about 27 May 2005, without 
authority, fail to go at the time prescribed to your appointed place of duty, to wit: the First 
Sergeant's office, Building 249 at 0900 hours.  For this offense you received nonjudicial 
punishment, dated 10 June 2005. 

b.  You, did, at or near Eglin Air Forcc Base, Florida, on or about 23 May 2005, without 
authority, fail to go at the time prescribed to your appointed place of duty, to wit: Building 253. 
For this offense you received vacation of nonjudicial 

dated 6 June 2005. 

c.  You, who knew of your duties at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on or about 12 February 
2005, were derelict in the performance of those duties in that you willfully failed to refiain from 
providing alcohol to Airman I, who was under the age of twenty-one, as it was 
your duty to do.  For this offense you received nonjudicial punishment, dated 14 March 2005. 

3.  Copies of the documents to be forwarded to the separation authority in support of this 
recommendation are attached.  The commander exercising SPCM jurisdiction  or higher authority 
will decide whether you will be discharged or retained in the United States Air Force and, if you 
are discharged, how your service will be characterized. If you are discharged, you will be ineligible 
for reenlistment in the Air Force and any special pay, bonus, or education assistance funds may be 
subject to recoupment. 

4.  You have the right to consult counsel.  Military legal counsel has been obtained to assist you. 
I  ve made an appointment for  ou to consult c a p t a i n Y I
 at 904 N. 2nd Street, on 

6 , at &  hours.  You may consult civilian counsel at your own 

expense. 

5.  You have the right to submit statements in your own behalf.  Any statements you want the 
separation authority to consider must reach me within 3 duty days unless you request and receive 
an extension for good cause shown.  I will send them to the separation authority. 

6.  If you fail to consult counsel or to submit statements in your own bphalf, your failure will 
constitute a waiver of your right to do so. 

7. You have been scheduled for an 

separations section, on a \tJl).) 

tment with the 96th Mission Support Squadron, 

at  1% 

hours, 

8.  After your briefing, you are to report to the 96th Trafic Management Office with your  , 
authorized letter from separations to schedule your TMO pickup. 

9. You are required to receive a briefing from the Family Support Center prior to your 
separation.  You have b 

scheduled to receive your T 

sition Assistance Management Program 

(TAMP) briefing on  q. \ud& 

at  I ZJ5"  hours. 

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10.  You have been scheduled for a medical exa  ination. You mus  r  ort to 96 MDG Force 
Health Management, 307 Boatner Rd. o n z y  J C p d &  
hours for the 
examination. 

, at  @I 5 

1 1. Any personal information you furnish in rebuttal is covered by the Privacy Act of 1974. A 
copy of AFI 36-3208 is available for your use at your orderly room. 

12.  Execute the attached acknowledgment 

Commander 

Attachments: 
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