FINAL DECISION
BCMR Docket
No. 2001-100
Application for Correction of
Coast Guard Record of:
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The applicant, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, asked
the Board to correct her record by showing that she reenlisted for six years on June 17, 1989, her sixth
anniversary on active duty, for a Zone A selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) pursuant to ALDIST
076/89. (She served 3 years and 11 months in the Marine Corps.) The applicant stated that she was
not counseled correctly about this SRB opportunity. ALDIST 076/89 announced multiples that
became effective on June 1, 1989, which included a multiple of 1 for the RM (radioman (now the
TCC)) rating. The applicant stated that she would have reenlisted on her sixth anniversary on active
duty if she had known about the SRB multiple available to her under ALDIST 076/89.
The Chief Counsel stated that the Coast Guard probably committed an error by not
counseling the applicant about reenlisting for an SRB on her sixth anniversary on active duty. He
recommended that she be granted relief, if she explains, to the Board’s satisfaction, why she waited
12 years before filing an application with the Board. The applicant stated that she inquired about the
SRB when the ALDIST was published but her chain of command told her that she did not qualify
because of her prior Marine Corps service.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
The Board finds that the applicant is entitled to relief because the Coast Guard committed an
error by not documenting SRB counseling on a page 7 entry as required by regulation and/or by
providing the applicant with incorrect verbal information when she inquired about an SRB under
ALDIST 076/89. Nothing in the record suggests that the applicant’s description of events in this
regard is inaccurate. Accordingly, the applicant is entitled to relief.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
ORDER
The application of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, USCG, for correction of her
military record is granted. Her record shall be corrected to show that she reenlisted for six years on
June 17, 1989, her sixth anniversary on active duty, for a Zone A SRB with the appropriate multiple.
Her record shall be further corrected to show that she reenlisted on June 17, 1995 for five years and
on June 17, 2000 for three years. The 1991 one month and 10 month extensions are null and void as
are the 1992 six year reenlistment and the 1995 five year extension. The Coast Guard shall pay the
applicant the amount due her because of this correction.
Terence W. Carlson
Date:_April 11, 2002_________
Robert A. Monniere
Mark A. Tomicich
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