| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. W. W. Osborn, Jr. | Analyst |
| Ms. Margaret K. Patterson | Chairperson | |
| Ms. Jennifer L. Prater | Member | |
| Ms. Mae M. Bullock | Member |
2. The applicant requests that a 23 July 2001 Department of the Army (DA) Form 4991-R, Declination of Continued Service Statement (DCSS), be removed from his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF).
3. The applicant states that as an initial term soldier he should not have been required to sign the DCSS.
4. The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted for 5 years and entered active duty on 12 November 1997 in pay grade E-3. He completed training, progressed normally and was promoted to sergeant (E-5) on 5 October 2000. On 23 July 2001 he was counseled that he did not meet the service remaining requirement (SRR) to undergo reclassification assignment and was required to sign a DCSS form acknowledging said counseling.
5. Army Regulation 601-280 (Army Retention Program) states in paragraph 4-6 in discussing SRR and in paragraph 4-11 concerning DCSS that the requirements are not applicable to a soldier in the initial term of service.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The DCSS was improperly used and should be expunged from the applicant's records.
2. In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, correcting the applicant’s records as recommended below will correct an error and rectify an injustice.
RECOMMENDATION:
That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by expunging the DA Form 4991-R dated 23 July 2001 from the records of the individual concerned.
BOARD VOTE:
_MKP___ __JLP___ __MMB _ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
_Margaret K. Patterson_
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002075730 |
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| DATE BOARDED | 20030114 |
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| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
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