Board for Correction of Military Records
The Board for Correction of Military Records is an agency within the Office of each military service Secretary that exists to correct military records due to error or injustice.
The remedies offered by the Board may be as simple administrative correction of records, or as substantial as directing promotion or awarding back pay. The Board may not reinstate a member who has been discharged from the National Guard.
Typical requests for relief includes:
Upgrading a performance report or discharge characterization
Challenges to an Article 15
Entitlement to retirement pay
Rank adjustment
Anyone with military records, or his/her heirs, may apply for relief within 3 years of the error or injustice.
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Military members who fail to appear at the appointed time and place of scheduled duty are subject to disciplinary action, based upon the member’s duty status and reason for the absence.
A military member who sincerely objects to warfare may apply for reassignment to a noncombatant role or separation from service.
The Department of Defense requires certain military members and civilian employees to file annual financial disclosure forms to insure employees do not engage in official financial transactions or decision-making that, due to their private interests, present a conflict of interest.
Suspension of favorable personnel actions is mandatory if an investigation that may result in disciplinary action or financial loss is initiated on a Soldier by military or civilian authorities, or if a Soldier is arrested.
Claims initiated and processed under Article 139, Uniform Code of Military Justice, permit individuals to file claims against military members who willfully take or destroy personal property.
The Military Claims Act allows US residents to recover for the loss, damage or destruction of personal property incident to service.
The Act applies worldwide. However, the Act only applies overseas when the claim cannot be paid under the Personnel Claims Act or Foreign Claims Act.
The Personnel Claims Act enables military members and Department of Defense civilian employees to recover for the loss, damage or destruction of personal property incident to service.
The Act applies worldwide.
The Privacy Act establishes practices governing the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of information about individuals maintained by federal agencies.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), is a federal law that permits public access to federal executive agency information. The intent of the Act is to “ensure an informed citizenry.”
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires everyone in the military health system to safeguard and keep confidential patient health information.
It is the policy of the Department of Defense to conduct all of its affairs in a manner free from discrimination and to provide equal opportunity and treatment for all members without regard to their color, race, religion, national origin, sex, or age.
The Board for Correction of Military Records is an agency within the Office of each military Secretary that exists to correct military records due to error or injustice.
Absent an adverse impact on military readiness, unit cohesion, or good order and discipline, commanders will accommodate individual expressions of sincerely held beliefs of military members.
Sexual harassment is conduct that involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and deliberate or repeated offensive comments or gestures of a sexual nature.
Article 138 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice gives military members who believe they have been unfairly treated the right to seek redress.
Officers may be separated for substandard duty performance, misconduct, or other adverse information in their record.
Enlisted administrative separations may be favorable (e.g. retirement or honorable separation at the end of an enlistment) or unfavorable (e.g. separations based on misconduct or unsatisfactory performance), and either voluntary (initiated by servicemember) or involuntary (initiated by commander).
