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AF | DRB | CY2014 | FD-2014-00208
Original file (FD-2014-00208.rtf) Auto-classification: Denied

AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD HEARING RECORD

 NA.t\fE OF SERVICE MEMBER (LAST, FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL)
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X        RECORD REVIEW
 AFSN/SSAN
ADDRESS AND OR ORGANIZATION OF COUNSEL
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ISSUES


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1 ORDER APPOINTING THE BOARD
2 APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE
3 LEITER OF NOTIFICATION
4 BRIEF OF PERSONNEL FILE
COUNSEL'S RELEASE TO THE BOARD
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS SUBMITIED AT TIME OF PERSONAL APPEARANC E
TAPE RECORDING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE HEARING


HEARING DATE     CASE NUMBER

28 Aug 2014      FD-2014-00208


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.



* CHANGE RE CODE
+ CHANGE REASON AND AUTHORITY TO SECRETARIAL AUTHORITY




TO:

SAF/MRBR
550 C STREET WEST, SUITE 40 RANDOLPH AFB,TX 78I 50-4742

SECRETARY OFTHE A.IR FORCE PERSONNEL COUNCIL
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AIR FORCE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD DECISIONAL RATIONALE		 CASE NUMBER

FD-2014-00208

GENERAL: The applicant appeals for upgrade of discharge to honorable, to change the reason and authority for the discharge, and to change the reenlistment code.

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 grants the requested relief.

ISSUE: Applicant received a General discharge for Homosexual Conduct

The Air Force Discharge Review Board, under its responsibility to examine the propriety and equity of an Applicant's discharge, is authorized to change the character of service and the reason for discharge if such change is warranted. In reviewing discharges, the Board presumes regularity in the conduct of governmental affairs unless there is substantial credible evidence to rebut the presumption, to include evidence submitted by the applicant. The Board did complete a thorough review of the circumstances that led to the discharge and the discharge process to ensure the discharge met the pertinent standards of equity and propriety.

Applicant appeals to the Discharge Review Board (DRB) for a change in his discharge pursuant to the September 20, 2011 memorandum from Clifford L. Stanley, Under Secretary of Defense, to Secretaries of the Military Departments on "Correction of Military Records Following Repeal of Section 654 of Title 10, United States Code." The Discharge Review Board may grant requests based on the aforementioned memorandum repealing the Department of Defense "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy when the Board finds the discharge was based solely on this policy. Upon review of the applicant's entire record, the Board determined an upgrade to discharge which was an administrative error at the time of discharge, a change to the narrative reason, authority for the discharge and the change of reenlistment code.

CONCLUSION: The Discharge Review Board concludes that the discharge was inconsistent with the procedural and substantive requirements of the discharge regulation and finds the applicant was not provided full administrative due process.

In view of the foregoing findings, the Board concludes the reason for the discharge is more accurately described as Secretarial Authority and the reenlistment code changed to 3K under the provisions of Title 10, USC 1553.

Attachment: Examiner's Brief

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