The applicant requests an upgrade of his under other honorable discharge to honorable and a change to the narrative reason for his separation. The applicant seeks relief, contending, in effect, he swore in at MEPS on 10 November 2010, changed his address when he moved to Texas on 7 December 2010, and went to basic training 22 February 2011. The applicant unit contacted him by phone after AIT, and he reminded them, that he had moved to Texas. The applicant states that he requested a transferred to a new unit where he lived, and the unit said they would take care of it, but he never heard back from them. The applicant contends that he was reassigned and he told the new unit the same thing, but he did not get transferred. The applicant contends
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He emailed them, but they never replied back, and so he waited and did not mail the third separation packet back yet, thinking they were working on the transfer process, and then he received the document in the mail that he had been separated from the Reserves. The applicant tried to contact that same person again, asking what had happened, but they still did not reply back to him. The applicant states that he injured his ankle in BCT, attempted to receive help to get it looked at, but since he did not receive any replies, he get his ankle looked by a local doctor. The applicant contends his original unit is the 191st CSSB in Salt Lake City, they was notified of his new address in Texas (and the 96th Sustainment since they knew of his address was in Texas as well). The applicant contends that per AR 135-91, para. 4-19b (1), he was to be “transferred/reassigned to the area of their new address”; which was in Texas, and according to para 4-20b, the unit “commander will contact the Major U.S. Army Reserve Command for assignment in the new location through the USAR REQUEST System.” The applicant contends since he was not transferred, according to para 4-18b,”enlisted soldiers who move to an area too distant to continue participating with their unit will be reassigned
He emailed them, but they never replied back, and so he waited and did not mail the third separation packet back yet, thinking they were working on the transfer process, and then he received the document in the mail that he had been separated from the Reserves. The applicant tried to contact that same person again, asking what had happened, but they still did not reply back to him. The applicant states that he injured his ankle in BCT, attempted to receive help to get it looked at, but since he did not receive any replies, he get his ankle looked by a local doctor. The applicant contends his original unit is the 191st CSSB in Salt Lake City, they was notified of his new address in Texas (and the 96th Sustainment since they knew of his address was in Texas as well). The applicant contends that per AR 135-91, para. 4-19b (1), he was to be “transferred/reassigned to the area of their new address”; which was in Texas, and according to para 4-20b, the unit “commander will contact the Major U.S. Army Reserve Command for assignment in the new location through the USAR REQUEST System.” The applicant contends since he was not transferred, according to para 4-18b,”enlisted soldiers who move to an area too distant to continue participating with their unit will be reassigned