DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
Application for the Correction of
the Coast Guard Record of:
FINAL DECISION
BCMR Docket No. 2002-053
SUMMARY OF THE RECORD
The applicant asked the Board to correct his record to show that he reenlisted on his
10th active duty anniversary, which was September 24, 2001, to receive a Zone B selective
reenlistment bonus (SRB). He alleged that he should have been counseled prior to that date
that he was eligible to receive a Zone B SRB if he reenlisted on his 10th anniversary. He alleged
that he was not counseled and that, if he had been, he would have reenlisted for the SRB. The
applicant’s record contains a 6-year reenlistment contract dated July 20, 1998, and an
administrative entry in his record dated August 26, 1998, which show that he received a Zone B
SRB calculated with a multiple of one-half in consideration for the reenlistment, as authorized
under ALDIST 046/98.
On July 24, 2002, the Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard recommended that the Board
deny the applicant’s request because the applicant already received a Zone B SRB when he
reenlisted for 6 years on July 20, 1998, and members are entitled to just one SRB per zone.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
Under COMDTINST 7220.33, members are entitled to receive just one SRB per zone.
Members are in Zone B when they have served between 6 and 10 years on active duty. The
applicant was in Zone B on July 20, 1998, and the record indicates that he reenlisted on that day
and received the Zone B SRB authorized for his rating. Accordingly, relief should be denied.
The application of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, USCG, for correction of his
military record is denied.
ORDER
September 26, 2002
Date
L. L. Sutter
Nilza F. Velazquez
Blane A. Workie
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS Application for the Correction of the Coast Guard Record of: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. This final decision, dated April 21, 2005, is signed by the three duly appointed APPLICANT’S REQUEST AND ALLEGATIONS The applicant asked the Board to correct his record by replacing his October 1, 2002, six-year extension contract with a reenlistment contract to receive a selective reenlistment bonus (SRB)1 in accordance with ALCOAST...
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of the Personnel Manual, SRBs are calculated on the member’s basic pay as of the day before the date of reenlistment. Therefore, the maximum Zone A SRB the applicant could have received on his 6th anniversary was $16,803.00 ((SRB multiple 2) x ($1,680.30 monthly basic pay) x (60 months of newly obligated service) ÷ 12). Under ALCOAST 283/06, which was in effect on the applicant’s 10th anniversary, he was eligible for a Zone B SRB calculated with a multiple of 0.5 and the monthly basic pay...
of the Personnel Manual, SRBs are calculated on the member’s basic pay as of the day before the date of reenlistment. Therefore, the maximum Zone A SRB the applicant could have received on his 6th anniversary was $16,803.00 ((SRB multiple 2) x ($1,680.30 monthly basic pay) x (60 months of newly obligated service) ÷ 12). Under ALCOAST 283/06, which was in effect on the applicant’s 10th anniversary, he was eligible for a Zone B SRB calculated with a multiple of 0.5 and the monthly basic pay...
The Coast Guard erred when it counseled the applicant that he was eligible to receive a Zone B SRB for signing a six-year reenlistment contract on January 31, 2002. of the Personnel Manual, which show that a member’s SRB equals his monthly basic pay, multiplied by the SRB multiple authorized under the ALCOAST in effect, multiplied the number of months of service newly obligated under the contract, and divided by 12, if the appli- cant had reenlisted for four years on this 6th anniversary...
3 To be eligible for a Zone B SRB, a member must have completed “at least 6 years but not more than 10 years of active service on the date of reenlistment or operative date of the extension.” Coast Guard Personnel Manual, Article 3.C.4.b.3. He stated that upon receiving transfer orders to the Coast Guard Integrated Support Command (ISC) and the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in Seattle, he was counseled by a Coast Guard yeoman1 that he was eligible to reenlist or extend for up to six years for a...
Coast Guard members who have at least 21 months but no more than 6 years of active duty service are in “Zone A.” Members who have completed at least 6 years but no more than 10 years of active duty service are in “Zone B.” Members in the same rating may receive SRBs for this Zone A SRB but failed to do so. VIEWS OF THE COAST GUARD On November 17, 1999, the Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard recommended that the Board grant relief in this case by correcting his record to show that he...
He stated that “if proper counseling was done, [the applicant] would have cancelled the two extensions from her commanding officer 1 According to the SRB regulation, a member must enlist or extend for a minimum of 36 months to receive an SRB. He further stated there is no requirement that the Coast Guard re- counsel its members about a subsequent ALCOAST announcing new SRB multiples. (3), states, in pertinent part, as follows: “Members with exactly 6 years active duty on the date of...
On that day, the Chief Counsel alleged, the applicant would have been eligible for a Zone B SRB with a multiple of one.3 Therefore, the Chief Counsel recommended that the Board correct the applicant’s record to show that he reenlisted on November 9, 1997, for 6 years to receive the maximum authorized Zone B SRB for his rating. (4) of Enclosure (1) to the SRB Instruction states that, to be eligible for a Zone B SRB, members must “[b]e serving in pay grade E-5 or higher.” To receive a Zone A...
APPLICANT’S ALLEGATIONS The applicant stated that on his tenth active duty anniversary, he was eligible for an SRB and that, pursuant to Coast Guard regulations, he should have been counseled about his eligibility. Coast Guard members who have served between 6 and 10 years on active duty are in “Zone B.” Members may only receive one SRB per zone. VIEWS OF THE COAST GUARD On August 2, 2000, the Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard recommended that the Board grant relief in this case.
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