| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Stephanie Thompkins | Analyst |
| Mr. Luther L. Santiful | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Charles Gainor | Member | |
| Mr. Joe R. Schroeder | Member |
2. The applicant requests, in effect, promotion consideration to colonel.
3. The applicant states that because his military records incorrectly listed him as a major, instead of his correct rank of lieutenant colonel, he was not considered for promotion by the 1996, 1997 or 1998 Reserve colonel selection boards. He also states that the error began with the 1996 selection board.
4. Based upon review by the Office of Promotions, Reserve Components, Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM), the applicant’s official military personnel file (OMPF) was erroneously not considered and is eligible for consideration for promotion to colonel by a special selection board (SSB).
5. He was erroneously not considered for promotion to colonel by the appropriate Reserve Components Selection Board review.
6. Current promotion policy specifies that promotion reconsideration by an SSB may only be based on erroneous non-consideration or material error that existed in the record at the time of consideration.
7. Under the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act implemented on 1 October 1996, any request for reconsideration by an SSB for officers in the grade of captain and above for year criteria after 1 October 1996, must be submitted to the officer to the Office of Promotions, PERSCOM.
8. Army Regulation 15-185 establishes procedures for making application, and the consideration of applications, for the correction of military records by the Secretary of the Army acting through this Board. This regulation specifies that no application will be considered until the applicant has exhausted all effective administrative remedies afforded him/her by existing law or regulations, and such legal remedies as appropriately available to the applicant.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant’s records were erroneously not considered for promotion to colonel and should now be submitted to SSB’s, as appropriate, for this purpose.
2. It is also noted that the applicant has not exhausted his administrative remedy concerning reconsideration for promotion under 1997 and 1998 criteria by requesting promotion reconsideration directly to the Office of Promotions. Therefore, this issue will not be further addressed.
3. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by submitting the records of the individual concerned to duly constituted SSB’s as deemed appropriate for promotion consideration for colonel.
2. That if selected his records be further corrected by showing he was promoted to the next higher grade on his date of eligibility therefor, as determined by appropriate Departmental officials using the criteria cited, provided he was otherwise qualified and met all other prerequisites for promotion.
3. That if the applicant was separated, his records be further corrected to show:
a. that his discharge or transfer to the Retired Reserve, as applicable, is void, and of no force or effect, that he was credited with qualifying service for Reserve retirement for his respective retirement years, from the dates of his now-voided discharge or transfer to the Retired Reserve to the date of his return to the active Reserve;
b. that an adequate explanation be placed in his official personnel files to show that the gap in his officer evaluation reports, from the dates of his now-voided discharge transfer to the Retired Reserve to the date of return to active Reserve status, was not caused by any fault on his part, and to insure that he is not prejudiced thereby in the consideration of any future personnel actions; and
c. that all documents related to his now-voided non-selection for promotion, and his discharge or transfer be expunged from his official military records.
4. That if not selected, the applicant be so notified.
BOARD VOTE:
_cg_____ _jrs____ _lls____ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
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CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2001062264 |
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| DATE BOARDED | 20011010 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | |
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| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. | 131.00 |
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