| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Deyon D. Battle | Analyst |
| Mr. Raymond J. Wagner | Chairperson | |
| Ms. Barbara J. Ellis | Member | |
| Mr. John P. Infante | Member |
2. The applicant requests, in effect, that her separation code be changed from JBM to JBK.
3. The applicant states that the JBM separation code that she received indicates that she failed to complete her full time in service. She states that the separation code that she received is incorrect because she completed her full term of service.
4. The applicant’s military records show that on 7 June 1978, she enlisted in the Army for 4 years in the pay grade of E-1. She successfully completed her training as a still photograph specialist.
5. Orders Number 28-1 dated 4 March 1982 shows that the applicant was ordered to report to the separation transfer point on 2 June 1982. According to the orders, she was to be released from active duty and transferred to the United States Army Reserve (USAR) Control Group on 6 June 1982. The record shows that the applicant was in Germany when her separation orders were published.
6. An amendment to Orders Number 28-1 (Orders Number 46-2) were published on 9 April 1982 changing the applicant’s reporting date to the separation transfer point from 2 June to 26 May 1982.
7. The records show that she was discharged and transferred to the USAR Control Group on 5 June 1982. She had completed 3 years, 11 months and 29 days of total active service.
8. Her Certificate of Release or Discharge (DD Form 214) shows that she was discharged under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, paragraph 5-12. She was assigned a JBM separation code and her narrative reason for separation currently reads “short length of time remaining on active duty precludes reassignment”. She was also assigned a reentry eligibility (RE) code of RE-2 (Persons separated for the Convenience of the Government, under chapter 5 of Army Regulation 635-200, whose reenlistment is not contemplated).
9. Army Regulation 635-200 sets forth the basic authority for the separation of enlisted personnel. Chapter 4 of that regulation states that a soldier will be separated upon expiration of enlistment or fulfillment of service obligation. A soldier enlisted or ordered to active duty normally will be discharged or released from active duty on the date he or she completes the period for which enlisted or ordered to active duty. Some soldiers’ term of service expires or they otherwise become eligible for discharge or release from active duty on a Saturday, Sunday,
or legal holiday. These soldiers may consent to be discharged or released to or transferred to the USAR on the last working day before their normal date of discharge or release. This includes soldiers within 30 days of the date of their expiration term of service who return to the Continental United States for separation.
10. Army Regulation 635-5-1 prescribes the specific reasons for separating soldiers from active duty and the separation program designator (SPD) codes to be entered on DD Form 214. It provides that when a soldier’s narrative reason for separation is upon completion of required active service a SPD code JBK will be entered in block 26 of the DD Form 214.
11. Pertinent Army regulations provide that prior to discharge or release from active duty, individuals will be assigned RE codes, based on their service records or the reason for discharge. Army Regulation 601-210 covers eligibility criteria, policies, and procedures for enlistment and processing into the Regular Army (RA) and the US Army Reserve. Chapter 3 of that regulation prescribes basic eligibility for prior service applicants for enlistment. That chapter includes a list of armed forces RE codes, including RA RE codes.
12. RE-1 applies to persons who were fully qualified when last separated.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. Errors were made during the preparation of the applicant’s DD Form 214 which resulted in her being assigned the incorrect type of separation, separation authority, narrative reason for separation, separation code and RE code.
2. She was 2 days short of completing her 4-year service obligation and it is reasonable to presume that her term of service expired or she became eligible for release from active duty on a Saturday or Sunday. Additionally, the records clearly show that she was in Germany at the time that her separation orders were published.
3. She should have been released from active duty under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 4 and her DD Form 214 should be corrected accordingly.
4. She completed her required active service and her separation code and RE code should coincide with her narrative reason for separation.
5. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected:
a. by amending the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned to show that she was released from active duty under the provisions of Army Regulation
635-200, chapter 4;
b. by showing that her narrative reason for separation was based on her completion of required service; and
c. by assigning her a “JBK” separation code and an RE-1 reenlistment code.
BOARD VOTE:
__be____ __jpi____ ___rjw___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
____Raymond J. Wagner____
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2001054442 |
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| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 2001/08/02 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT PLUS |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. 189 | 110.0000.0000 |
| 2. 191 | 110.0200.0000 |
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