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AF | DRB | CY2013 | FD-2013-00673_13
Original file (FD-2013-00673_13.rtf) Auto-classification: Denied

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARLNG RECORD

 NAME OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FffiST MIDDLE INITIAL)
 GRADE

PERSONAL APPEARANCE
 x        RECORD REVIEW
ADDRESS A'.1D OR ORGANIZATION OFCOU!'o'SEL


MEMBER SITTING
HON

GEN

UOTHC    OTHER    DENY
x
x x x x

ISSUES
A92.21 A92.0J
INDEX NUMBER
A66.00

ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2 APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
LETTER OF NOTIFICATION
BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO TI-IE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING


8£ARJNC DAT£       CASE IWMBER

11 Dec 2013      FD-2013-00673

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.












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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE		 CASE NUMBER

FD-2013-00673

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.

ISSUE: Applicant received a General discharge for Misconduct -Drug Abuse

Applicant states that his discharge did not take into account the good things he did while in the service. The record indicates that the applicant was convicted under a Summary Court Martial for use of Spice on several occasions. The record shows that the applicant pled guilty and admits he made a mistake. After review of the record, the Board found no evidence to indicate that the applicant did not know right from wrong or that in his three years of service was unaware of the Air Force policy of zero tolerance to drug use. The Board found the negative aspects of the willful misconduct outweighed the positive aspects of the applicant's performance and concluded that the discharge was appropriate.

The DRB was pleased to see that the applicant has attended college. However, no inequity or impropriety in his discharge was suggested or found inthe course of the hearing. The Board concluded the misconduct of the applicant appropriately characterized his term of service.

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
12 December 2007) 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.

Inview 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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