DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
FINAL DECISION
BCMR Docket No. 2001-008
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
on May 1, 2000, his 10th anniversary on active duty. He alleged that he was never counseled
about his eligibility under ALCOAST 184/99 and COMDTINST 7220.33 to receive a selective
reenlistment bonus (SRB) by reenlisting on that date. He alleged that if he had been properly
counseled, he would have reenlisted for 6 years to receive the SRB. On May 1, 2000, ALCOAST
184/99 was in effect and authorized a Zone B SRB with a multiple of one-half for members in
the DC2 rating. There is no documentation of 10th-anniversary SRB counseling in his record.
On March 7, 2001, the Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard recommended that the Board
correct the applicant’s record to show that he reenlisted for 6 years on his 10th anniversary.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
Under COMDTINST 7220.33, the applicant was entitled to proper counseling
concerning his eligibility for an SRB under ALCOAST 184/99 prior to his 10th active duty
anniversary. If the applicant had been properly counseled, he would have reenlisted for 6 years
to receive the SRB. Accordingly, relief should be granted by correcting his record to show that
he reenlisted for 6 years on his 10th active duty anniversary, May 1, 2000.
ORDER
The military record of, shall be corrected to show that he reenlisted for 6 years on his 10
active duty anniversary, May 1, 2000, to receive an SRB under ALCOAST 184/99. Any
reenlistment or extension contract he may have signed since that date shall be null and void.
The Coast Guard shall pay him the amount due as a result of this correction.
July 26, 2001
Date
Terence W. Carlson
Harold C. Davis, M. D.
John A. Kern
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