IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 4 October 2012
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20120016248
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 his officially recorded home of record (HOR) be changed.
2. The applicant states:
* He wants his HOR changed to Killeen, TX because his wife and son are from there and he has a job lined up there when he gets out of the Army
* If he goes back to Washington he has nowhere to stay and no job
* He has not been to Washington in 6 years
3. The applicant provides no documentary evidence.
CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:
1. Item 3 (HOR) of the applicant's initial enlistment contract and item 4 (HOR Address) of his DD Form 1966 (Record of Military Processing Armed Forces of the United States) show an address in Bremerton, WA.
2. He enlisted in the Regular Army on 3 October 2006 and has remained on active duty through continuous reenlistments.
3. Item 3 of his last enlistment contract, dated 21 November 2008, shows an address in Bremerton, WA.
4. Appropriate regulations provide that the HOR address entered on a contract will be the address declared by the applicant to be the permanent home or actual home at that time. A temporary address will not be entered.
5. The Joint Federal Travel Regulation (JFTR) provides, in pertinent part, that the HOR is the place recorded as the home of the individual at the time of enlistment or induction. There is no authority to change the HOR as officially recorded at the time of entry into the military service. However, there is authority to correct an HOR if erroneously entered on the records at that time and then only for travel and transportation purposes. Correction of the HOR must be based on evidence that a bona fide error was made and the HOR as corrected must have been the actual home of the individual at the time of entry into the relevant period of service. It may not be a place selected for the convenience of the Soldier.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant's contentions were carefully considered. However, the evidence of record shows his HOR is Bremerton, WA.
2. The applicant has failed to show through the evidence of record or the evidence submitted with his application that his HOR is in error.
3. Inasmuch as the JFTR provides that an HOR may only be corrected if a bona fide error can be established and that it may not be changed simply for the convenience of the Soldier, there is no basis to change the applicant's HOR.
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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