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GAO-23-105780 1 (2023-02-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaoofl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 February 2, 2023 Chair Ranking Member Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable Mike Rogers Chairman The Honorable Adam Smith Ranking Member Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Administrative Separation Boards: Air Force Should Clarify Member Qualifications Being separated from the armed forces for misconduct, unsatisfactory performance, or other reasons can have lifelong implications.1 Service members who face separation and meet certain conditions may request that an administrative separation board for enlisted personnel or a board of inquiry for officers-referred to collectively in this report as administrative separation boards-be convened to determine whether to uphold the recommended separation action. If a board recommends separation and the decision is upheld, the service member may receive one of three types of discharge: honorable, general (under honorable conditions), or under other than honorable conditions. 2 The type of discharge a service member receives may affect eligibility for veteran's benefits and future employment opportunities. Section 529B of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 includes a provision for us to review the use of administrative separation boards within the armed forces.3 This report assesses the extent to which the armed forces have: (1) established policies and processes for convening administrative separation boards and selecting the board president, recorder, legal advisor, and others members of these boards; and (2) processes to review cases and outcomes of administrative separation boards. To address these objectives, we reviewed and analyzed relevant laws as well as Department of Defense (DOD) and armed forces policies on active duty enlisted and officer administrative 1The armed forces include the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the Space Force, and the Coast Guard. 2When a board recommends separating a service member, the case is forwarded to the official responsible for making the separation decision. 3Pub. L. No. 117-81, § 529B (2021). GAO-23-105780 Administrative Separation Boards Page 1

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