2. The applicant requests that his enlistment contract be changed to reflect his authorization of a $4,500.00 enlistment bonus.
3. The applicant states that he initially enlisted under the Loan Repayment Program (LRP) enlistment option for training as a signal intelligence analyst in military occupational specialty (MOS) 98C. When he arrived at his advanced individual training location he was informed that he should have received an enlistment bonus. He further states that he contacted his recruiter who subsequently contacted officials in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DCSPER), who confirmed that he was eligible to have enlisted with the enlistment bonus option as well as the LRP.
4. The applicants military records indicate that he enlisted in the Delayed Entry Program on 22 December 1994 and entered active duty on 1 June 1995 for a period of 4 years under the LRP and training of choice enlistment option for training in MOS 98C. His enlistment contract indicates that there was no cash enlistment bonus authorized for his enlistment option at the time of his enlistment.
5. In the processing of this case an advisory opinion was provided by the Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM). The PERSCOM opined that the applicant was eligible to receive a $4,500.00 enlistment bonus at the time he enlisted in the Delayed Entry Program and that it is reasonable to presume that he would have enlisted for both the enlistment bonus and the LRP had he been made aware that he was eligible for both options. The PERSCOM recommended approval of his application.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. It appears that the applicant was unjustly denied the opportunity to enlist for a $4,500.00 enlistment bonus option in addition to the LRP option that was being offered by the Department at the time he enlisted.
2. Through no fault of his own, the applicant has been denied a financial gain for which he was otherwise qualified.
3. 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 showing that the individual concerned enlisted with entitlement to a $4,500.00 enlistment bonus and LRP enlistment option on 22 December 1994.
BOARD VOTE:
GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
GRANT FORMAL HEARING
DENY APPLICATION
CHAIRPERSON
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