| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Nancy L. Amos | Analyst |
| Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr. | Chairperson | ||
| Mr. Richard T. Dunbar | Member | ||
| Mr. Kenneth W. Lapin | Member |
APPLICANT REQUESTS: That her Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD Form 214, be corrected to show she received an honorable characterization of service.
APPLICANT STATES: That Civilian Personnel Command (CPOC) will not honor the two months Title 10 duty she performed as a National Guard soldier because her character of service was described as uncharacterized. She provides her active duty for training (ADT) orders; her release from ADT orders; her DD Form 214; a Statement of Prior Federal Service; and email message traffic between her, CPOC, and her unit concerning this issue as supporting evidence.
EVIDENCE OF RECORD: The applicant's military records show:
She enlisted in the Army National Guard (ARNG) on 26 December 1984. She was ordered to ADT, apparently to attend advanced individual training (AIT) in military occupational specialty 71L, under Title 10, U. S. Code with a report date of 10 March 1985. She was released from ADT on 10 May 1985. Her DD Form 214 shows she served on active duty from 10 March – 10 May 1985, for 2 months and 1 day of creditable active service. Item 24 shows her character of service as uncharacterized.
The applicant was discharged from the ARNG on 8 June 1998 to enlist in the U. S. Army Reserve (USAR) on 9 June 1998.
Army Regulation 635-200 governs the separation of enlisted personnel. In pertinent part, it states that Army National Guard of the United States or USAR soldiers who successfully complete a period of initial ADT to which ordered will outprocess per Army Regulation 612-201. The service of such soldiers who are in an entry-level status will be uncharacterized even though they have completed their initial ADT successfully. Entry-level status, for ARNG and USAR soldiers, begins upon enlistment in the ARNG or USAR. It terminates (1) for soldiers ordered to initial ADT for one continuous period – 180 days after beginning training; or (2) for soldiers ordered to initial ADT for the split or alternate training option – 90 days after beginning Phase II (AIT). (Soldiers completing Phase I (basic or basic combat training) remain in an entry-level status until 90 days after beginning Phase II).
DISCUSSION: Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, it is concluded:
1. In order to justify correction of a military record the applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board, or it must otherwise satisfactorily appear, that the record is in error or unjust. The applicant has failed to submit evidence that would satisfy this requirement.
2. There is no Government error in this case. It appears the applicant may have been ordered to initial ADT for the split training option, in which case she would have been considered an entry-level soldier until 90 days after beginning AIT. Unfortunately, her AIT lasted only 61 days. Therefore, she was properly given an uncharacterized description of service upon her release from ADT even though she successfully completed the training.
3. There is no inequity in this case. Unfortunately, the shortness of the applicant’s AIT has resulted in a hardship in computing civilian employment benefits for her 17 years later; however, all soldiers who similarly received uncharacterized descriptions of service who later found themselves in similar civilian employment circumstances also suffer the same hardship.
4. In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.
DETERMINATION: The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.
BOARD VOTE:
________ ________ ________ GRANT
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
__RVO__ __RTD__ __KWL__ DENY APPLICATION
| CASE ID | AR2002072241 |
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| RECON | |
| DATE BOARDED | 2002/07/25 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | UNCHAR |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | 1985/05/10 |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | AR 635-200, ch 4 |
| DISCHARGE REASON | A04.00 |
| BOARD DECISION | DENY |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. | 110.00 |
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