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NAVY | BCNR | CY2002 | 05817-01
Original file (05817-01.pdf) Auto-classification: Approved
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS

2 NAVY ANNEX

WASHINGTON DC 20370-5100

4

TRG
Docket No:
25 January 2002

5817-01

Chairman, Board for Correction of Naval Records
Secretary of the Navy

REVIEW OF

'NAVAL RECORD OF

I

(a) Title 10 U.S.C. 1552

(1) Case Summary
(2) Subject's naval record

From:
To:

Subj:

Ref:

Encl:

Pursuant to the provisions of reference (a), Petitioner, a

1.
former enlisted member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve
filed an application with this Board requesting that his record
be corrected to show that he transferred to the Retired Reserve
vice being discharged on 2 August 1990.

The Board, consisting of Mr. Agresti, Mr. Pfeiffer and Mr.

2.
Beckett, reviewed Petitioner's allegations of error and injustice
on 23 January 2002 and, pursuant to its regulations, determined
that the corrective action indicated below should be taken on the
available evidence of record.
Documentary material considered by
the Board consisted of the enclosures, naval records, and
applicable statutes, regulations and policies.

The Board, having reviewed all the facts of record pertaining

3.
to Petitioner's allegations of error and injustice, finds as
follows:

a.

Before applying to this Board, Petitioner exhausted all

administrative remedies available under existing law and
regulations within the Department of the Navy.

b.

Although it appears that Petitioner's application was

not filed in a timely manner,
waive the statute of limitations and review the application on
its merits.

it is in the interest of justice to

C .

Petitioner reenlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve for

three years on 3 May 1987 in the grade of  
subsequently extended that enlistment for three months.
He has
submitted a copy of a request to transfer to the Retired Reserve
dated 15 May 1990.
No action was taken on this request and he
was honorably discharged on 2 August 1990 at the expiration of
his enlistment.
and is drawing his retired pay as a former member.

Petitioner became 60 years old on 21 July 2001

1stSGT (E-8) and

d.

The Board did not request an advisory opinion in this

However, the Board is aware that Headquarters Marine Corps
case.
has routinely recommended corrective action in similar cases when
and individual is qualified for reserve retirement and there is
no explanation in the record why he was discharged and not
retired.

e.

The Board is aware that the Uniform Retirement Date Act,
U.S.C. 8301, requires that the effective date of any retirement

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be the first day of the month.

CONCLUSION:

The Board notes that Petitioner was in good standing in

Upon review and consideration of all the evidence of record the
Board concludes that Petitioner's request warrants favorable
action.
the Marine Corps Reserve and would have been retired if he had
requested it.
transferred to the Retired Reserve in the grade of  
the requirements of the Uniform Retirement Date Act, the
retirement should be effective on 1 August 1990 vice the
discharge of 2 August 1990 now of record.
Since Petitioner is
drawing his retired pay,
the record should be further corrected
to show that he transferred to the Retired List on 21 July 2001,
his 60th birthday.

Therefore, the Board concludes that he should be

1stSGT.

Given

The Board further concludes that this Report of Proceedings
should be filed in Petitioner's naval record so that all future
reviewers will understand his status in the Retired Reserve.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Petitioner's naval record be corrected to show that
a.
he transferred to the Retired Reserve on 1 August 1990 in the
grade of 
record should be further corrected to show that he transferred to
the Retired List on 21 July 2001, his 60th birthday.

IstSGT, vice being discharged on 2 August 1990.

The

That this Report of Proceedings be filed in Petitioner's

b.
naval record.

It is certified that a quorum was present at the Board's

4.
review and deliberations,
and that the foregoing is a true and
complete record of the Board's proceedings in the above entitled
matter.

ROBERT D. ZSALMAN
Recorder

ALAN E. GOLDSMITH
Acting Recorder

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Pursuant to the delegation of authority set out in Section

5.
6(e) of the revised Procedures of the Board for Correction of
Naval Records (32 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 723.6(e))
and having assured compliance with its provisions, it is hereby
announced that the foregoing corrective action, taken under the
authority of reference (a),
has been approved by the Board on
behalf of the Secretary of the Navy.

F__W. DEAN PFEIFFER

Executive Director



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