DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
Final Decision
BCMR No. 2001-109
Application for the Correction of
the Coast Guard Record of:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
SUMMARY OF THE RECORD
ULMER, Chair:
The applicant, a machinery technician first class (MK1; pay grade E-6), asked the Board
to correct his record to show that he reenlisted for six years on June 11, 2001, his tenth year
anniversary on active duty, to obtain a Zone B SRB (selective reenlistment bonus). The
applicant stated that his yeoman incorrectly counseled him that he could reenlist either three
months before or three months after his tenth year anniversary date to obtain the SRB. Several
days after his tenth anniversary date, the applicant inquired about reenlisting but was told he
could not reenlist because his anniversary date had passed. (According to regulation, the
reenlistment must occur on or within three months of the tenth anniversary date.)
The Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard stated that the applicant was eligible for the SRB.
He admitted that there is no page 7 in the applicant’s record documenting the necessary SRB
counseling, as required by regulation. He recommended that the Board grant relief, if the
applicant provides satisfactory evidence corroborating his allegation of error. The yeoman who
provided the incorrect advice wrote a statement corroborating the applicant’s allegation of
error.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
The Board finds that the applicant has submitted persuasive evidence that the Coast
Guard committed an error by erroneously advising the applicant that he could reenlist within
three months after his tenth anniversary on active duty to obtain an SRB. The Coast Guard also
failed to document its counseling on a page 7 as required by regulation. Accordingly, the
applicant should be granted relief.
ORDER
The application of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, USCG, for correction of his military
record is granted. His record shall be corrected to show that he reenlisted for six years on June
11, 2001, his tenth anniversary on active duty, to obtain a Zone B SRB with the appropriate
multiple, pursuant to ALCOAST 127/01. The Coast Guard shall pay the applicant the amount
due him as a result of this correction.
__May 16, 2002__________________
Date
Robert C. Ashby
David H. Kasminoff
Sherri L. Pappas
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