DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORD
NAVY
ANNEX
2
WASHINGTON DC 20370-510
0
S
JLP/jlp
Docket No. 5924-01
10 June 2002
From:
Chairman, Board for Correction of Naval Records
To:
Subj:
Ref:
Encl:
Secretary of the Navy
Review of naval
recor
(a)
(I)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Title 10 U.S.C. 1552
DD Form 149 w/attachments
MGIB Election Form
NPC Memo 1780
Subject's microfiche record
Pers-604 dated 25 September 2001
Pursuant to the provisions of reference (a), Subject,
1.
hereinafter referred to as Petitioner,
enclosure
applicable naval record be corrected to show entitlement to the
$30,000 Navy College Fund Program (NCF) in conjunction with the
Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)Program.
(l), with this Board requesting, in effect, the
filed written application,
The Board, consisting of Mr.
2.
Suiter reviewed Petitioner's allegations of error and injustice
on 23 April 2002 and, pursuant to its regulations, determined
that the corrective action indicated below should be taken on the
available evidence of record.
the Board consisted of the enclosures, naval records, and
applicable statutes, regulations and policies.
Documentary material considered by
McPartlin, Ms. Nofsiger, and Ms.
The Board, having reviewed all the facts of record pertaining
3.
to Petitioner's allegations of error and injustice, finds as
follows:
a.
Prior to filing enclosure (1) with this Board, Petitioner
exhausted all administrative remedies afforded under existing law
and regulations within the Department of the Navy.
b.
Petitioner states that at the time of his enlistment in
1994 he was offered the NCF and that he was directed, at the
Recruit Training Command,
MGIB Election Form.
to write in.
“NCF” in block (4) on his
The heading in block (4) of the MGIB Election Form states
ltSERVICE UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE OPTIONS" and the form was
signed by Petitioner and a witnessing official on 2 March 1994.
The MGIB Election Form is attached at enclosure (2). Petitioner
is now planning to attend medical school and has been informed
that the MGIB Election Form is not the official document that
guarantees the NCF Program and therefore he is not entitled to
the additional educational benefits.
C .
In correspondence attached as enclosure
(3), the office
PERS-604 further states that the
cognisance over the subject matter involved in
having
Petitioner's application recommended denial, commenting that the
enlistment contract is the only official document used to
identify enlistment guarantees.
MGIB Election Form is used to document a recruit's intention to
enroll or disenroll in the MGIB Program, not to identify
enlistment guarantees.
Election Form only insures that recruits who were guaranteed the
NCF Program on their enlistment contract enroll in the MGIB
Program (in order to be eligible for the NCF Program a recruit
must enroll in the MGIB Program).
NCF Program is funded solely by the Navy and should be only
offered at the discretion of the classifier,
not the field
recruiter.
Annotation of the NCF Program on the MGIB
Pers-604 also states that the
CONCLUSION:
Upon review and consideration of all the evidence of record,
notwithstanding the comments contained in enclosure
Board finds the existence of an injustice warranting the
requested relief.
inconceivable a recruit would have the knowledge that the NCF
Program had to be documented on the enlistment contract vice the
MGIB Election Form to establish entitlement in order for it to be
valid.
In this connection, the Board found it
(3), the
Pers-604 recommending denial of Petitioner's request cannot
Further, the Board is of the opinion that all the reasons given
by
overcome the fact that it is obvious that Petitioner was
lead to
believe, either intentionally of unintentionally, by an enlisting
official, that he was entitled to the NCF Program.
Accordingly, the Board recommends the following corrective
action.
RECOMMENDATION:
That Petitioner's naval record be corrected, where appropriate,
to show that Option (2) on Annex
dated 9 February 1994 reflects the
"A" of his enlistment contract
"Navy College Fund".
It is certified that a quorum was present at the Board's
4 .
and that the foregoing is a true and
review and deliberations,
complete record of the Boards proceedings in the above-entitled
matter.
ROBERT D. ZSALMAN
Recorder
9AQJ--~
G. L. ADAMS
Acting Recorder
The foregoing action of the Board
5.
review and action.
is submitted for your
Reviewed
and
approved:
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:ii.
Assistant General Counsel
(Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
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