DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
Application for the Correction of
the Coast Guard Record of:
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ANDREWS, Deputy Chair:
FINAL DECISION
BCMR Docket No. 2002-089
SUMMARY OF THE RECORD
The applicant asked the Board to correct his record to show that he reenlisted for 3 years on his
6th active duty anniversary in March 2002 to receive a Zone A selective reenlistment bonus (SRB). He
alleged that he was never counseled about his eligibility for the SRB and that if he had been, he would
have reenlisted for 3 years for the SRB. On January 9, 2002, when he was already in Zone B, his command
reenlisted him for 6 years based on the erroneous promise of a Zone A SRB. This error occurred because,
in calculating his years of service, his command failed to include his prior service in the Marine Corps.
His record contains no entry documenting SRB counseling prior to his 6th anniversary. It also contains an
entry indicating that he was erroneously promised a Zone A SRB for his reenlistment on January 9, 2002.
He was not eligible for a Zone B SRB on that day because he was in pay grade E-4 at the time.
The Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard recommended that the Board grant relief in this case
because the January 9, 2002, contract is voidable since it was based on a false promise and because the
applicant’s record includes no documentation of 6th anniversary SRB counseling.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
Under COMDTINST 7220.33, the applicant was entitled to proper counseling concerning his eligi-
bility for a Zone A SRB on his 6th anniversary under ALCOAST 184/99. The record indicates that the
Coast Guard erred by failing to counsel him and that, if he had been counseled, he would have reenlisted.
Moreover, if he had reenlisted on his 6th anniversary, he would not have been required to reenlist on
January 9, 2002. Accordingly, relief should be granted.
ORDER
The record of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, USCG, shall be corrected to show that he reenlisted for
3 years on his 6th active duty anniversary to receive a Zone A SRB under ALCOAST 184/99. The 6-year
reenlistment contract he signed on January 9, 2002, shall be null and void. The Coast Guard shall pay the
applicant the amount due him as a result of this correction.
February 4, 2003
Date
Terence W. Carlson
Karen L. Petronis
Charles Medalen
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