AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD
NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL) GRADE AFSN/SSAN
TYPE GEN PERSONAL APPEARANCE xX. RECORD REVIEW
NAME OF COUNSEL AND OR ORGANIZATION ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL
YES No
X
MEMRER SITTING ; HON GEN UOTHC OTHER DENY
x
x
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ISSUES A94.53 INDEX NUMBER A66.00 :
1 |ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2 |APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 |LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
4 | BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL’S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING
HEARING DATE CASE NUMBER
12 Jan 2012 FD-2010-00303
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’s request.
TO:
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
1535 COMMAND DR, EE WING, 3RD FLOOR
ANDREWS AFB, MD 20762-7001
SAF/MRBR
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150-4742
AFHQ FORM 0-2077, JAN 00 (EF-V2) Previous
CASE NUMBER
AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE FD-2010-00303
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
and requests that the review be completed based on the available service record.
The attached brief contains available pertinent data on the applicant and the factors leading to the discharge.
FINDING: The Board denies the upgrade of the discharge.
The Board finds the applicant submitted no issues contesting the equity or propriety of the discharge, and
after a thorough review of the record, the Board was unable to identify any that would justify a change of
discharge.
ISSUE: Applicant received a General discharge for Misconduct---Drug Abuse
Issue: Applicant submitted no issues regarding the inequity or impropriety of his discharge. The record
indicates the applicant received an Article 15 dated 2 July 2009 for wrongful use of marijuana on divers
occasions between on or about 15 March 2009 and or about 19 April 2009. Unfortunately, applicant’s
discharge processing file was unavailable to the Board for review due to being missing from record. Because
member’ discharge file was unavailable to the Board for review, the Board was unable to conclusively
ascertain the nature of misconduct on member’s part that formed the basis for the discharge. The Board also
could not determine if member consulted counsel or submitted statements in his own behalf at the time of
discharge. Since there was no evidence to substantiate any inequities or improprieties, the Board relies on the
presumption of regularity and finds the discharge proper and without basis for upgrade.
Applicant contends that he should not be penalized indefinitely for a mistake he made when young. The
DRB recognized the applicant was 20 years of age when the discharge took place. However, there is no
evidence he was immature or did not know right from wrong. The Board opined the applicant was older
than the vast majority of first-term members who properly adhere to the Air Force’s standards of conduct.
The DRB concluded that the characterization of the applicant’s discharge was appropriate due to the
misconduct.
CONCLUSION: 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 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 and determines the discharge should remain unchanged.
Attachment:
Examiner's Brief
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