BOARD DATE: 22 March 2012
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20120000741
THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:
1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any).
2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any).
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:
1. The applicant requests, in effect, his enlistment contact, dated 21 April 2011, be amended to add the Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) incentive option.
2. The applicant states he enlisted in the Regular Army and is currently deployed to Afghanistan. Prior to enlisting, he attended school and incurred a student loan debt. While at the recruiting station, he was told the Army would not pay off his student loans because they were in his mothers name and the applicant was a co-signer. He believes he was given false information and further states he has a friend who is in a similar situation who has been taken care of. The applicant states he signed up for and paid money into the Montgomery GI Bill (even though he has no intention of using it). He does not believe he has been treated right.
3. The applicant provides no additional evidence.
CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:
1. The applicant's record shows he enlisted in the Regular Army on 21 April 2010 for a period of 3 years and 16 weeks. He completed basic combat and advanced individual training and was awarded military occupational specialty 11B (Infantryman).
2. His DA Form 3286-66 (Annex B) (Statement for Enlistment U.S. Army Enlistment Program) shows he enlisted for the U.S. Army Training Enlistment Program within career management field 11X (Infantry Recruit).
3. The Chief, Incentives and Budget Branch, Enlisted Accessions Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, Washington, DC, provided an advisory, dated 19 January 2012, which recommended that the applicants request be denied. The opinion states the applicants enlistment contract contained no incentives for entering the Army due to the fact that his test scores were below the Category 1-IIIA level required to qualify for an enlistment incentive. His Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery score was 33; below the minimum score of 50 necessary to qualify for the SLRP incentive based on the incentives message that was in effect when he enlisted (dated 1 December 2009).
4. A copy of this advisory opinion was provided to the applicant on 19 January 2012. He did not provide a response.
5. Army Regulation 601-210 (Active and Reserve Components Enlistment Program) prescribes eligibility criteria governing the enlistment of persons, with or without prior service, into the Regular Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and Army National Guard.
6. The Loan Repayment Program is a Department of the Army enlistment option authorized by Public Law 99-145. This option is designed to increase Test Score Category I-IIIA accessions. Loans that qualify for repayment are Guaranteed Student Loans/Stafford Loans, National Direct Student Loans/Perkins Loans, William D. Ford Loans, Supplemental Loans for Students, Federally Insured Student Loans, Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students, Auxiliary Loan Assistance for Students, and consolidated loans which fall under Title IV, Part B or E of the Higher Education Act of 1965, or William D. Ford Loan. Before entering active duty, the loan must not be in default. The borrower is responsible for obtaining a deferment/forbearance with the loan holder and the loan must remain in good standing throughout the repayment process. Active Army LRP participants earn their first loan repayment after completion of a full year of active duty and for each full year thereafter, up to 3 years. Payment of 33 1/3 percent or $1,500, whichever is greater, is authorized annually to the loan holder on the total remaining original outstanding principal balance. The Government will only pay the lending institution.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The evidence of record confirms the applicant enlisted for a period of 3 years and 16 weeks, on 18 February 2010, and his enlistment contract contained no provision which entitled him to receive the SLRP incentive.
2. The available evidence indicates that based on his test scores he did not qualify for an enlistment incentive which includes the SLRP.
3. In view of the foregoing, there is an insufficient evidentiary basis for granting the applicant's requested relief.
BOARD VOTE:
________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
_X____ __X______ __X______ DENY APPLICATION
BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:
The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.
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CHAIRPERSON
I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case.
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