DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
Application for the Correction of
the Coast Guard Record of:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
FINAL DECISION
BCMR Docket No. 2010-171
SUMMARY OF THE RECORD
The applicant asked that his record be corrected to show his expiration of enlistment (EOE) as
January 11, 2009, instead of November 9, 2011. The applicant alleged, and the Judge Advocate General
(JAG) agreed, that he reenlisted for 4 years on January 12, 2005, and so his correct EOE was January 11,
2009. However, an incorrect EOE date was entered into the Direct Access electronic database. The JAG
stated that due to the erroneous entry and the applicant’s reliance on that information, he was deprived of
the opportunity to reenlist on January 12, 2009, for a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB). Therefore, the
JAG recommended that the Board grant relief by directing that the applicant’s record be corrected to
show that his EOE was January 11, 2009, and to show that he reenlisted on January 12, 2009, for a Zone
B SRB with a multiple of 1.7 under ALCOAST 353/09. The applicant agreed with this recommendation.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
The JAG admitted, and the Board finds, that the Coast Guard committed an error by erroneously
placing an incorrect EOE date in the applicant’s Direct Access electronic record. The incorrect informa-
tion deprived him of the opportunity to reenlist for an SRB on January 12, 2009. The applicant is
entitled to the relief stated below.
ORDER
The military record of XXXXXXXXXXXXX, USCG, including his electronic record in the
Direct Access database, shall be corrected to show January 11, 2009, as the EOE for his
4-year January 12, 2005, reenlistment. His record shall be further corrected to show that he reenlisted for
6 years on January 12, 2009, for a Zone B SRB calculated with a multiple of 1.7 under ALCOAST
353/09. The Coast Guard shall pay him any amount due as a result of these corrections.
Julia Andrews
May 28, 2010
Date
*The third member of the Board was unavailable. However, pursuant to 33 C.F.R. § 52.11(b), two
designated members constitute a quorum of the Board.
Dorothy J. Ulmer
*
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