DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
Application for the Correction of
the Coast Guard Record of:
BCMR Docket No. 1999-074
FINAL DECISION
ANDREWS, Attorney-Advisor:
This proceeding was conducted according to the provisions of section
1552 of title 10 and section 425 of title 14 of the United States Code. The BCMR
docketed this case on March 3, 1999, upon receipt of the applicant’s completed
application.
appointed members who were designated to serve as the Board in this case.
This final decision, dated December 9, 1999, is signed by the three duly
RELIEF REQUESTED
The applicant, a xxxxxxxxx in the Coast Guard Reserve, asked the Board
to correct the active duty base date (ADBD) and original Coast Guard enlistment
date shown on his Personal Data Information Form (PDIF) to November 20, 198x.
APPLICANT’S ALLEGATIONS
The applicant alleged that his active duty base date and original enlist-
ment date should be November 20, 198x, because that is the day he first enlisted
in the Coast Guard. The applicant submitted a copy of his PDIF dated October 4,
1998, which indicates that his ADBD is November 19, 198x. The space on the
PDIF for the date of the applicant’s original enlistment in the Coast Guard is left
blank.
In support of his allegation, the applicant submitted a photocopy of an
enlistment contract dated November 20, 198x, which obligated him to serve in
the Reserve for two years. The enlistment contract indicates that he had served in
the Air Force from July 7, 196x, to July 6, 197x. The applicant also submitted a
copy of a retirement points computation form prepared on December 21, 1994.
That form indicates that he served in the Air Force from July 7, 196x, to October
22, 197x. It also indicates that he enlisted in the Coast Guard Reserve on Novem-
ber 20, 198x, and served continuously thereafter up to the date the form was pre-
pared.
VIEWS OF THE COAST GUARD
On November 17, 1999, the Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard submitted
an advisory opinion in which he recommended that the Board grant the appli-
cant’s request.
The Chief Counsel stated that the Coast Guard had already initiated
action to correct the applicant’s ADBD but that the correction would take from
three to six months because part of his active duty was in a different service, the
Air Force.
The Chief Counsel attached to his advisory opinion a memorandum on
the case prepared by the Coast Guard Personnel Command (CGPC) dated
November 10, 1999. CGPC stated that the applicant’s original enlistment date in
the Coast Guard was indeed November 20, 198x. CGPC indicated that action to
initiate the correction via the Coast Guard Human Resources Service & Informa-
tion Center had been taken but that the process might take three to six months.
Therefore, CGPC recommended that relief be granted.
SUMMARY OF THE RECORD
for a term of two years.
On November 20, 198x, the applicant enlisted in the Coast Guard Reserve
On December 16, 198x, the Coast Guard sent the Air Force a “Request for
Statement of Service,” form CG-4714, because the applicant had indicated in his
enlistment documents that he had previously served in the Air Force. In
response to the Coast Guard’s request, the Air Force reported that the applicant
had served continuously on active duty from July 7, 196x, to October 22, 197x.
The Air Force also sent the Coast Guard a copy of the applicant’s discharge form,
DD 214. The DD 214 indicates that the applicant was discharged from the Air
Force on October 22, 197x, after having performed 7 years, 3 months, and 16 days
of “total active service,” including 1 year and 5 days of “foreign and/or sea serv-
ice.”
On October 29, 198x, the applicant extended his enlistment for another
two years, through November 19, 198x.
On November 20, 198x, the applicant reenlisted for two years. This enlist-
ment was extended for one year on September 26, 198x, and for an additional
three years on September 24, 198x.
Although the applicant’s record does not contain a reenlistment contract
covering the period from November 20, 199x, to July 23, 199x, it is clear from
many other documents in his file that he continued to serve in the Reserve and
earn retirement points during this time.
On July 24, 199x, the applicant was discharged and immediately reenlisted
On May 30, 199x, the applicant reenlisted for another four years, through
for three years.
May 29, 200x.
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FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
The Board makes the following findings and conclusions on the basis of
the applicant's military record and submissions, the Coast Guard's submissions,
and applicable law:
1.
The Board has jurisdiction concerning this matter pursuant to sec-
tion 1552 of title 10 of the United States Code. The application was timely.
The applicant asked the Board to correct both his ADBD and his
date of original enlistment in the Coast Guard Reserve to November 20, 198x.
The applicant has proved by a preponderance of the evidence that
his original date of enlistment in the Coast Guard Reserve is November 20, 198x.
Active duty base dates are supposed to reflect all periods of active
duty served by members in all U.S. military forces. Because the applicant’s
record contains a DD 214 showing that he served in the Air Force from July 7,
196x, to October 22, 197x, it would be inaccurate to change his ADBD to Novem-
ber 20, 198x. The applicant’s ADBD should reflect the 7 years, 3 months, and 16
days of “total active service” he performed for the Air Force.
The Chief Counsel stated that the Coast Guard had taken action to
correct the applicant’s dates administratively but that correcting the applicant’s
ADBD would take three to six months because a Statement of Credible Service
5.
must be sought from the Air Force. However, the record shows that the Coast
Guard already sought and received this information from the Air Force soon
after the applicant joined the Reserve in 198x. The applicant’s record already
contains a “Request for Statement of Service” (form CG-4714) and a DD 214 from
the Air Force clearly providing the legal confirmation of prior active duty service
the Coast Guard now seeks.
Accordingly, relief should be granted.
[ORDER AND SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
6.
The application for correction of the military record of XXXXXXXXXXX,
ORDER
Mark A. Holmstrup
The applicant’s date of original enlistment in the Coast Guard Reserve
USCGR, is hereby granted as follows:
shall be corrected to November 20, 198x.
The applicant’s active duty base date shall be recalculated to include the 7
years, 3 months, and 16 days of active duty he performed for the Air Force from
July 7, 196x, to October 22, 197x.
Pamela M. Pelcovits
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