DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS
2 NAVY ANNEX
WASHINGTON DC 20370-5100
TJR
Docket No: 2653-10
26 January 2011
This is in reference to your application for correction of your
naval record pursuant to the provisions of Titie 10, United
States Code, Section 1552.
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval
Records, sitting in executive session, considered your
application on 19 January 2011. The names and votes of the
members of the panel will be furnished upon request. Your
allegations of error and injustice were reviewed in accordance
with administrative regulations and procedures applicable to the
proceedings of this Board. Documentary material considered by
the Board consisted of your application, together with all
material submitted in support thereof, your naval record, and
applicable statutes, regulations, and policies.
After careful and conscientious consideration of the entire
record, the Board found the evidence submitted was insufficient
to establish the existence of probable material error or
injustice.
You enlisted in the Marine Corps on 29 September 1979 at age 18
and began a period of active duty on 15 July 1980. You served
without disciplinary infraction until 28 December 1980, when you
began a period of unauthorized absence (UA) that was not
terminated until you were apprehended by civil authorities on 11
August 1986. Although you were declared a deserter during this
period, only the UA charges were referred for trial.
As a result of the foregoing, on 28 August 1986, you submitted a
written request for an other than honorable discharge in order to
avoid trial by court-martial for the foregoing period of UA
totalling 2,052 days. Prior to submitting this request you
conferred with a qualified military lawyer at which time you were
advised of your rights and warned of the probable adverse
consequences of accepting such a discharge. Subsequently, your
request was granted and the commanding officer was directed to
issue you an other than honorable discharge by reason of the good
of the service. As a result of this action, you were spared the
stigma of a court-martial conviction and the potentiai penalties
of a punitive discharge and confinement at hard labor. On 9
September 1986 you were issued an other than honorable discharge.
The Board, in its review of your entire record and application
carefully weighed all potentially mitigating factors, such as
your youth and desire to upgrade your discharge so that you may
obtain benefits. Nevertheless, the Board concluded these factors
were not sufficient to warrant recharacterization of your
discharge because of the seriousness of your lengthy period of
UA from the Marine Corps, which also resulted in your request
for discharge. The Board believed that considerable clemency
was extended to you when your request for discharge to avoid
trial by court-martial was approved. Further, the Board
concluded that you received the benefit of your bargain with the
Marine Corps when your request for discharge was granted and you
should not be permitted to change it now. Accordingly, your
application has been denied.
It is regretted that the circumstances of your case are such that
favorable action cannot be taken. You are entitled to have the
Board reconsider its decision upon submission of new and material
evidence or other matter not previously considered by the Board.
In this regard, it is important to keep in mind that a
presumption of regularity attaches to all official records.
Consequently, when applying for a correction of an official naval
record, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate the
existence of probable material error or injustice.
Sincerely,
\a yn
W. DEAN PFET
Executive Direc
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