DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
Application for the Correction of
the Coast Guard Record of:
FINAL DECISION
BCMR Docket No. 2001-083
SUMMARY OF THE RECORD
ANDREWS, Deputy Chair:
The applicant asked the Board to correct his record to show that he reenlisted for 6 years
on June 29, 2000, his 6th 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 June 29, 2000,
ALCOAST 184/99 was in effect, authorizing a Zone A SRB with a multiple of three for members
in the FS rating. There is no documentation of 6th-anniversary SRB counseling in his record.
On September 14, 2001, the Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard recommended that the Board grant
the applicant’s request. He argued that the record supports the applicant’s allegation that he was not
properly counseled.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
Under COMDTINST 7220.33, the applicant was entitled to proper counseling concerning his
eligibility to reenlist for 6 years on his 6th active duty anniversary to receive an SRB under ALCOAST
184/99. 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 6th active duty anniversary, June 29, 2000.
ORDER
The military record of , USCG, shall be corrected to show that he reenlisted for
6 years on his 6th active duty anniversary, June 29, 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.
March 21, 2002
Date
Michael K. Nolan
Kathryn Sinniger
Dorothy J. Ulmer
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