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AF | DRB | CY2014 | FD-2014-00017
Original file (FD-2014-00017.rtf) Auto-classification: Denied

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

 NA OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)
 G RA D E    A F S :WSSAN



PERSONAL APPEARANCE
 X        RECORD REVIEW
 ADDRESS AND OR O R GANIZATION O Y COUNSEL




MEMBER SITTING
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 GEN      VOT H C

OTH E R    DENY
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A94.SJ
A66.00
l ORDER APPOINTIN G T H E BOARD
2 APP LI CA TION FOR R EVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 LE TIER OF NOTIFI CATIO N
4 BRIE F OF P ERSONNEL FILE COUNS EL'S REL EASE TO T H E BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIB ITS SUB MITT E D AT TIM E OF P ERSONAL APPEARANCE
TAP E RECO RDING OF P ERSONAL AP PEARA NCE H EARING


U&AJUNG DATE     CASE NU MBER

27 Mar 2014
 FD-2014-00017

Case heard in Washi n gt o n , D . C.

Adv i se ap p licant of the dec i sion of th e B oard, the r i ght to a . per s onal appearance with/without cou n se l , and the righ t to s ubm i t an application to the AFBCMR.

Names and vote s will be made ava il ab l e to th e applicant at th e a ppli cant's r eq ue st.











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SAF/MRBR
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40 RA NDOLPH AFB , TX 78150-4742

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S E CRET AR Y Of THE AIR F ORCE PERSO NNE L COIJ:'ICIL AIR FORCE DISCltARGt REVIEW BOARD
1 535 COM IAND DR, EE WING , JRD t "LOOR
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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE		 CASE NUMBER

FD-2014-00017
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: The applicant received a genral discharge for misconduct, specifically drug abuse.

The applicant submitted no issues regarding impropriety or inequity regarding his discharge; however, he cited his desire to progress in his chosen career as a Missouri firefighter as justification for upgrade. The record indicates that the applicant received a Summary Court Martial conviction for wrongful use of Spice, a controlled substance, on divers occasions. The applicant admitted his drug abuse was a result of poor decision making, but claims he has learned from his mistakes. He further explained that after researching
the side effects of the drug in question, he realized he was very lucky he did not experience those side effects and recognized he should have never started in the first place. However, after a review of the record, the Board found no evidence to indicate that the applicant did not know right from wrong or that in his almost four 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.

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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