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Between 2010 and 2015, the Coast Guard forced involuntary retirement onto hundreds of enlisted members through use of so-called Career Retention Screening Panels (CRSPs). On behalf of four named plaintiffs, attorneys at Kirkland and Ellis filed a complaint in the...
This week the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (DDC) entered judgment in favor of an Army Reserve officer-client who challenged the Army’s denial of his attempts to transfer a portion of his GI Bill benefits to his children. The GI Bill...
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of Lieutenant Code, reversing the D.C. District, setting aside the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) decision, and remanding the matter for further proceedings consistent...
Semi-regularly, I intend to make note of key precedential cases involving judicial review of BCMR decisions. Today’s case is Wilhelmus v. Geren, 796 F.Supp.2d 157 (D.D.C. 2011). Wilhelmus held that the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) violated...
As part of the National Defense Reauthorization Act for the 2017 fiscal year, the federal statute governing military records-correction boards, 10 U.S.C. § 1552 was amended with several new provisions. Among them was a new, standardized rule for requests for...
[UPDATE] The 2017 NDAA standardized reconsideration rules for all boards. 10 U.S.C § 1552 has been amended to allow for reconsideration applications based on "materials not previously presented to the Board" no matter when filed. In other words, the statute now...
On February 24, 2016, Acting Principal Under Secretary of Defense Brad Carson issued a memorandum to the secretaries of the military departments that substantially augmented previous guidance on how military record-correction and discharge review boards address...
The Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) records recently awarded a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Vietnam Service Medal (3 Bronze Stars), Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation, Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal...