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ISSUES A01.13 INDEX NUMBER A66.00
1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2 [APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 |LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
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TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING
HEARING DATE CASE NUMBER T
01 Jul 2009
FD-2008-00239
Case heard in Washington, D.C.
Advise applicant of the decision of the Board, the right to a personal appearance with/without counsel, and the right to submit an
application to the AFBCMR.
Names and votes will be made available to the applicant at the applicant
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SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
1535 COMMAND DR, EE WING, 3RD FLOOR
ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762-7001
AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00
(EF-V2)
Previous
CASE NUMBER
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE
FD-2008-00239
GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to honorable.
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 is 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 improper because she never knowingly took illegal drugs while on active
duty. The applicant received a letter of reprimand for possession of an illegal narcotic. She was then
discharged for drug abuse. The applicant provided a statement to the AFOS] at the time of the investigation
stating that while she was at a nightclub, a person offered her and a friend a substance that she assumed was
a drug. In her statement to the AFOSI, the applicant stated that the individual who gave her the substance
assured her it would be out of her system within a day and that it would relax her. She stated she didn’t
know exactly what she was given but assumed it was a drug because of the environment she was in. After
taking a sip, she spit it back out. This statement to the AFOSI does not support the applicant’s contention
now that she never knowingly took a drug or that she assumed the substance was vodka or gin. The Board
concluded that the negative aspects of the applicant’s service outweighed the positive contributions she made
in her short Air Force career. The characterization of the discharge received by the applicant was found to
be appropriate.
If she can provide additional documented information to substantiate an issue, the applicant should consider
exercising her right to make a personal appearance before the Board. If she should choose to exercise her
right to a personal appearance hearing, the applicant should be prepared to provide the DRB with factual
evidence of the inequity and any exemplary post-service accomplishments as well as any contributions to the
community.
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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