AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE |
CASE NUMBER FD-2013-00423 |
| 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 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: The applicant was discharged with an under honorable conditions (general) discharge for a Pattern of Misconduct: Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order and Discipline. Applicant contends he has gone above and beyond to ensure that he has become a productive and responsible civilian and would like to take pride that comes with the acknowledgement of an Honorable military discharge. He also wants his discharge upgraded to receive GI Bill benefits. The records indicated the applicant received an Article 15, three Letters of Reprimand, two Letters of Counseling, and a Vacation action. His misconduct included failure to go to duty on time (3x), failure to complete tests for CDC, disrespect and insubordinate to Non-Commissioned Officer, failure to obey order, enticed female, not spouse, to engage in sex in exchange for money, failure to go to mandatory formation, and displayed unprofessional offensive and derogatory language in a work center. The Board opined that through these administrative actions, the applicant had ample opportunities to change his behavior. They found the seriousness of the willful misconduct offset any positive aspects of the applicant's duty performance. The Board reviewed the entire record and found no evidence of impropriety
or inequity to warrant an upgrade of the discharge.
The applicant cited his desire to receive the G.I. Bill benefits as justification for upgrade. The DRB noted that when the applicant applied for these benefits, he signed a statement (DD Form 2366, on November 3, 2006) that he understood he must receive an Honorable discharge to receive future educational entitlements. The Board was sympathetic to the impact the loss of these benefits was having on the applicant, but this is not a matter of inequity or impropriety which would warrant an upgrade.
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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