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B-117534, MAR 1, 1954

B-117534 Mar 01, 1954
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YOUR CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BY SETTLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 30. YOU NOW CONTEND THAT YOUR DISCHARGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE UNDER AUTHORITY OF AIR FORCE REGULATION 30-12. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT YOU WERE NOT DISCHARGED BY REASON OF EXPIRATION OF TERM OF ENLISTMENT BUT THAT YOUR DISCHARGE WAS UNDER AUTHORITY OF AIR FORCE REGULATION 39-14. PAYMENT OF TRAVEL ALLOWANCES TO YOU INCIDENT TO SUCH SEPARATION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. WAS CORRECT AND IS SUSTAINED. YOUR COPY OF DD FORM 214 IS RETURNED AS REQUESTED.

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B-117534, MAR 1, 1954

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MELVIN COLVI:

THE AIR FORCE FINANCE CENTER, DENVER, COLORADO, HAS FORWARDED TO THIS OFFICE YOUR LETTER OF JUNE 23, 1953, RELATIVE TO YOUR CLAIM FOR TRAVEL PAY UPON DISCHARGE ON OCTOBER 29, 1951, AS SERGEANT, FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMMEDIATE REENLISTMENT IN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE.

YOUR CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BY SETTLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 30, 1952, FOR THE REASON THAT ENLISTED PERSONNEL DISCHARGED FOR THE PURPOSE OF REENLISTMENT MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED AS HAVING BEEN DISCHARGED UNDER CONDITIONS ENTITLING THEM TO TRAVEL ALLOWANCE.

YOU NOW CONTEND THAT YOUR DISCHARGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE UNDER AUTHORITY OF AIR FORCE REGULATION 30-12. THIS REGULATION OUTLINES THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE AIR FORCE MAY BE DISCHARGED BY REASON OF MINORITY AND HENCE HAS NO APPLICATION IN YOUR CASE. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT YOU WERE NOT DISCHARGED BY REASON OF EXPIRATION OF TERM OF ENLISTMENT BUT THAT YOUR DISCHARGE WAS UNDER AUTHORITY OF AIR FORCE REGULATION 39-14, PARAGRAPH 3D, FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF IMMEDIATE REENLISTMENT IN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE. SINCE YOU CONTINUED IN THE SERVICE FOLLOWING SEPARATION FOR A REASON OTHER THEN THE EXPIRATION OF ENLISTMENT, PAYMENT OF TRAVEL ALLOWANCES TO YOU INCIDENT TO SUCH SEPARATION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE REGULATIONS, PARAGRAPH 4153, CASE 19, JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS.

ACCORDINGLY, THE SETTLEMENT OF OCTOBER 30, 1952, WAS CORRECT AND IS SUSTAINED. YOUR COPY OF DD FORM 214 IS RETURNED AS REQUESTED.

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