DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
FINAL DECISION
BCMR Docket No. 2000-074
Application for the Correction of
the Coast Guard Record of:
SUMMARY OF THE RECORD
ANDREWS, Attorney-Advisor:
The applicant asked the Board to correct his record to show that he reenlisted for 6
years, instead of extending his enlistment for 3 years, on January 15, 1999, prior to his sixth
active duty anniversary on January 19, 1999. He alleged that he was wrongly counseled that he
would be eligible for a Zone A SRB if he extended. However, the extension did not entitle him
to an SRB because it did not become operative while he was in Zone A. He alleged that if he
had been properly counseled, he would have reenlisted for 6 years to receive the SRB. ALDIST
290/98 authorized a Zone A SRB with a multiple of one for members in the DC rating who
reenlisted between November 25, 1998, and June 14, 1999. The applicant’s extension contract
dated January 15, 1999, stated that it would entitle him to a Zone A SRB.
On August 22, 2000, the Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard recommended that the Board
correct the applicant’s record to show that he reenlisted for 6 years instead of extending.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
Under COMDTINST 7220.33, the applicant was entitled to proper counseling
concerning his eligibility for an SRB prior to his sixth active duty anniversary. The Coast Guard
erred when it advised him that his extension would entitle him to a Zone A SRB. If the
applicant had been properly counseled, he would have reenlisted to receive the SRB rather than
extending. Accordingly, relief should be granted by correcting the applicant’s record to show
that he reenlisted for 6 years on January 15, 1999.
ORDER
The application of XXXXXXXXXXXXX, USCG, for correction of his military record is
granted. It shall be corrected to show that he was discharged and reenlisted on January 15,
1999, for 6 years to receive a Zone A SRB under ALDIST 290/98. The extension contract dated
January 15, 1999, shall be null and void. The Coast Guard shall pay the applicant the amount
due him as a result of this correction.
Barbara Betsock
George Kuehnle, Jr.
Date
Michael J. McMorrow
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