| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mr. Jessie B. Strickland | Analyst |
| Ms. Joann H. Langston | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Lester Echols | Member | |
| Mr. Allen L. Raub | Member |
2. The applicant requests that she be paid the $2,000 enlistment bonus she contracted for but never received.
3. The applicant states that she enlisted for a $2,000 military occupational specialty (MOS) enlistment bonus and never received it. She further states that she attempted to get the bonus but never received any explanation as to why she could not receive it.
4. The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the United States Army Reserve (USAR) on 14 August 1984, for a period of eight years, training in MOS 71D, a $2,000 MOS enlistment bonus and entry in the Loan Repayment Program. At the time of her enlistment, she was enlisted for a USAR unit (HHD, 2/362/2(BT), 91st Div (Tng) in Santa Rosa, California. She completed her training and was returned to her USAR unit, where she remained for the duration of her service. She was honorably discharged from the USAR on 13 August 1992.
5. A review of her military pay records shows that on 8 December 1986, the Reserve Pay office at Fort Douglas, Utah, rejected a pay transaction to pay the applicant her enlistment bonus. The comments contained on the rejection notice indicates that the applicant was in a unit that was not bonus qualified.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant was enlisted in a specific unit for an enlistment bonus in MOS 71D. She served in that unit for the duration of her service in the MOS in which she contracted. Accordingly, the Board finds that she satisfied the terms of her contract and deserves to receive her bonus.
2. While the applicant's unit may not have been entitled to enlist persons for a bonus in the MOS the applicant enlisted for, she would not have known this at the time she entered into a contract with the Department. It was incumbent on the Department to ensure that it could fulfill the terms of the contract or to release her from her contract. There is no evidence in the available records to show that such was the case.
3. Accordingly, the Board finds that it would be in the interest of justice to pay the applicant her enlistment bonus of $2,000 as an exception to policy.
4. 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 by paying the individual concerned her $2,000 enlistment bonus as an exception to policy.
BOARD VOTE:
__alr____ ___jhl ___ ___le ___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
____Joann H. Langston____
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002078187 |
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| DATE BOARDED | 2003/02/20 |
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| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. 297 | 128.1400/enl bonus |
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