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Reenlistment Contract, NAVPERS 1070/601. The
naturalization certificate and other documents issued by
the Immigration and Naturalization Service cannot be
duplicated and must remain in the custody of the
member.
Each foreign national is required to report any
change in citizenship status along with documentary
evidence to substantiate the change. As a PN, you may
be called upon to help submit these changes. Report a
change in citizenship by submitting the appropriate data
entries according to the guidelines in the DMRSMAN
or SDSPROMAN. If your activity reports a change in
citizenship via the DMRS, you must make a page 13
entry to substantiate the change.
CORRECTION OF ENLISTED SERVICE
RECORDS
According to the MILPERSMAN, Article 5040100,
the U.S. Navy Enlisted Service Record, NAVPERS
1070/600, is a permanent history of a member’s service
in the Navy and is a chronological record of facts and
events incident to such service. Once information is
entered on a service record page, it may be corrected at
the command level only under MILPERSMAN, Article
5040100. Removal or revision of enlisted performance
evaluation reports can be made only as set forth in the
Navy Performance Evaluation and Counseling
Manual BUPERSINST 1610.10.
For the most part, your supervisors will either deal
with or provide guidance for corrections to be made in
enlisted service records. As a PN3 or PN2, you may be
tasked with making sure certain format requirements are
met. You must be aware, for example, that the use of
interlineation, ditto marks, or the entry of unauthorized
abbreviations, symbols, or codes is prohibited in the
service record.
If you become involved in making
corrections to enlisted service records, always use the
appropriate official guidelines for making any type of
changes.
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL
RECORDS (BCNR)
According to the MILPERSMAN, Article 5040200,
the BCNR (Title 10, U.S. Code Section 1552) was
established under the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 to relieve Congress of the burden of considering
private bills for the correction of naval records. As a
PN, you should be aware of the BCNR and the types of
cases submitted for its review.
Although not an
all-inclusive listing, the following list includes
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examples of some of the types of cases reviewed by the
BCNR:
Requests for physical disability retirement
Cancellation of a physical disability discharge
and in lieu thereof retirement for disability
Increase in percentage of disability
Removal of derogatory material from an official
record
Review of nonjudical punishment
Restoration of rank, grade, or rating
The law requires that an application be filed with
the BCNR within 3 years of the date of discovery of the
error or injustice. The board is authorized to excuse the
fact that the application was filed at a later date if it finds
it to be in the interest of justice. The board is also
empowered to deny an application without a hearing if
it determines that there is insufficient evidence to
indicate the existence of probable material error or
injustice.
In connection with a review of executed discharges
by both the Naval Discharge Review Board (NDRB)
and the BCNR, there is no law or regulation that
provides that an unfavorable discharge may be upgraded
based solely on the passage of time or good conduct in
civilian life subsequent to a member’s leaving the
service.
The MILPERSMAN, Article 5040220, contains
instructions for applying to the BCNR. Under the
provisions of Title 10, U.S. Code Section 1552,
applications submitted for review by the BCNR should
be submitted on the Application for Correction of
Military Records, DD Form 149. A copy of a blank DD
Form 149 is shown in figure 5-27. Applications
submitted for review by the NDRB should be submitted
on the Application for the Review of Discharge or
Dismissal from the Armed Forces, DD Form 293. A
copy of a blank DD Form 293 is shown in figure 5-28.
VERIFICATION AND DISPOSITION OF
ENLISTED SERVICE RECORDS
As a PN3 or PN2, you will be assigned the
responsibilities of verifying and disposing of enlisted
service records. In the following paragraphs, you will
read about some of the tasks you will be expected to
perform. You will read about the basic procedures for
verifying service records, checking out service records,
tracing missing service records, purging service
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