2. The applicant requests that her reenlistment contract dated 13 May 1994 be corrected to reflect that she was authorized a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB)-3A.
3. The applicant states, in effect, that at the time she reenlisted she reenlisted in military occupational specialty 97B2P for an SRB-2A. However, shortly before her reenlistment SRB-3A was authorized for her military occupational specialty (MOS). She further states that she reenlisted to meet the service remaining requirements to accept an overseas assignment and is occupying an airborne assignment. In support of her application she submits a copy of the message dated 28 March 1994 that authorized SRB-3A/2B for MOS 97B with SQI P effective 30 April 1994.
4. The applicants military records show that she enlisted on 29 August 1990 for training as a counterintelligence agent (97B). Upon completion of her advanced individual training she attended and completed basic airborne training. She was then transferred to Fort Bragg, North Carolina and assigned to an airborne position in MOS 97B1P. She was promoted to the pay grade of E-5 on 1 December 1993.
5. On 13 May 1994 she reenlisted for a period of 4 years in MOS 97B2P with entitlement to an SRB-2A. The applicant was subsequently transferred to another airborne assignment in Italy.
6. The Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) in a comment to this Board, opined, in effect, that at the time the applicant reenlisted to meet the service remaining requirements for an overseas assignment, it was not known at that time that she would be occupying an airborne assignment at her next duty station. However, the applicant was assigned to an airborne assignment and was eligible to receive an SRB-3A at the time of her 13 May 1994 reenlistment. The PERSCOM recommended that her request be approved.
7. Army Regulation 601-280 serves as the authority for the SRB program. It states, in pertinent part, that soldiers reenlisting in an MOS that is included in the SRB program by language qualification or SQI, must reenlist for continued active duty in, or assignment to, an authorized SQI or language position.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. At the time the applicant reenlisted to meet the service remaining requirements for an overseas assignment, it was not known that she would be occupying an airborne position (SQI P). Therefore, she was reenlisted at a lower SRB identifier of 2A, as if she would not be assigned to an airborne position. However, when she arrived at her overseas assignment she was placed in an airborne position
2. Consequently, by virtue of her continuous assignment to airborne positions, she was eligible to reenlist on 13 May 1994 in MOS 97B2P for an SRB-3A.
3. Through no fault of her own, the applicant has been denied a financial gain for which she was otherwise qualified.
4. In view of the foregoing, it would be appropriate to correct the applicants records as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the 13 May 1994 reenlistment contract of the individual concerned to show that she reenlisted with entitlement to an SRB-3A in MOS 97B2P.
BOARD VOTE:
GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
GRANT FORMAL HEARING
DENY APPLICATION
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