DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE. \1 BC'JlR WASHINGTON, DC. I 1 s i. Office of the Assistant Secretary

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1 _. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE I WASHINGTON, DC. I 1 s i., Office of the Assistant Secretary \1 BC'JlR

2 RECCPD OF ;POCEEDINGS AIR FORCE BOLL-RD FOP- COkA?C2TION OF MILITARY RECORDS r I r IN THE TVILTTER OF: 2 ZlCKET NUMBEF. : SUNSEL : NOI~Z Re imbui-s erne el co I- a trip from AFB I to pi-ivateiy-owned oversee pac vehicle hipme (POT:) irxxknt to a change of assignment. and ssued orders to rnov? fi-~::~ with en rocite ti-aimng at -eassignment within EUL-C~? short distance mov is autz,rn3bile was placed 111 stci-age in 7 ders changed directlnq him i-i o i-etui-n LO at,, he v<as told he >,-as riot Europe 12 complete n?.ces,car;, actlons to ship his qoods to nls new dut;- station. H? wenq- on 1~27~- c1. c and rztur:1+3 to Europe to complete I equir-ed actlolls at ::is [CIW;~?:q3?n&Ye. Applicant s complete submission is attached at Exhibit A.

3 Office (TMO) officials a'l Barkdale AFB if h? wclu:d bz authorized to return to Germany 111 a rwpoi-a:-y duty (TDY) st;itus to complete necessary z ship his EX-*' and HHGs to his new duty station ( kfzi. He was advised that k I?-auld not be authorized TDY entit 1ernent: for the r/~r-pose of otvt?i-seeing the preparation of his HHSs and FOV foi- shipment to his current duty station (Bavkseale kfel. TI43 peiszrinel adsrised tht it was tlieiiresponsibilitlr to pi-qavc z1 meci5c' s HHGs/PO'V' for shipxent and were confident the s ; T s t e m LcdclcJ acimmplish and cori petenti;yt handle the task. Their advised that TI.IO is frequently i-3quii-ed to ship HHGs/PGVs for decease6 peisrnne; of all services aria 111 addition the same ser7,tices are acce*ilpl:sliea for hospitaliz-d personnel on a regular basis without tkc assistance of a sponsoi- at the shipping point. When the applxant was advised of the assignment change he was advised by the TT,iO of his options: (1) He could aike arrangements at!>is own expense to get his PGV to for shipment. (2) His commandu (01- EX: higher level commandel- since Kalkalr is closed) coiiid designate '33 get the POV t~ Bi-emel-haven. Th? applicant did not agree t3 the above option5 and contended that it is the assignment sl-stem that caused this problem and should fix it by authorizing!1in1[ L: proceed at govextment expense back overseas to otj7ei-see skpneiit of his HHGs and his POT\:. DPAIPI indicated that since th~i-e 2:-e no pr0visior.s in tn? Joint Federal Ti-avel Regulation JFTRI that allows a member t, be placed in TDY status 501- the ~~~i-pose of p?i-sonally overseeing the preparation of HHGs 1 EOTLi f 01- sliip~lert I they recomm;.nd disapp-o-l-al of applicant's 2-equest for TC--- 3ntitiements.

4 THE BOWD CONCLUDES THAT: 1. The applicallt has e:maust=s5 all rernedlzs provided by existing law ox- regulatiolls. 3. Sufficient i-ele~.,~ant ~-~-iai3:1.~~ has been pi-esmted to demonstrate appears that the the exiszence appilcant cr 5 assqnment p-ckable error from German;; 01- injustice. to England It was changed to Barksaale AFE; rdi~le he was in training at Tyidall AFB. We note that he questlori?d TMO officials if he would be authorized to retum to Gemany in a TDY status to complete necessarlr actions tc ship 1:s?3J and HHGs LC his new duty statlon ( AFB) aiic -,&:as advised that he would not be autii3rized it-emelits. I, ~zjority of the Board belie;~es that since his assignrnellt iias changed while he xas in tralnlng, he had little control ox-ex t x sitzation. In t k s respect, the applicant was unable ts i-etllrn tc 2errnan;r to psi-sonalilr release his HHGs/POV and pi-opxl;: :cia~z::-- all his belonglr?gs. His HHGs wel-e not packed in che ~iiozz. ZOITITT cn and Inore ~:q)ens1~e packlng containers. In xriei.; sf tk-,t f=.i-sgsii1g, a rtiajo-ity of the Board believes that any doubt 111 txs rmtter should be 111 favm of the applicant. While we 1-ecog:;:zt; t:izt thel-e are IIC pro---1s1~1is 112 the JFTR that allow a rnernbel- t~ he ulaced 111 a TC1 status f~i- the purpose of overseelrig the pi<?ai-az:an of HHGs,'PO-.- foi- sliiptei:t, a majorit-)t of the Boar ~ ~ ti1-t the ~ applicant ~ llas ~ beer; - z!taz ~ -"'ictlrn of an injust 1 in L - ~ ~ c~se. S Tlierefo-E, a rr,.ajoi-lc;.- 3f Elie Board recommends his :-ecoz-ds be corrected to the e:.:tsn-, iiidizatt2d below.

5 The following members of the Baal-d considex-ed this application in Execut-ive Sessiori on 29 SepLernhe: 1998, undsr the provisions of AFI : BbT a majority vote, the E:ai-r? -.-eked to cor-1-ect the i-?cords, as recommended. - abstained from Tv.-oEiIig. The following documental-17 evide:lc:? was cons;d?red : Exhiblt A. 521 Form 149, 5a~:~rd 3 Mar 98. Exhibit B. L;literI AFPC 2PAIP1, dated 8 May 58. Exhibit C. Le:cter, HQ USA? DPRC, dated 29 May 98. Exhibit D. L?tter, AFBCI.lF, dated 22 Cur: 98. Exhibit E. L3ttelr 21- apphcant, dated 13 Ju, 98. Panel Chair