[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR51.3]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 51_COAST GUARD DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 51.3  Applicability and scope.



    The provisions of this part apply to the United States Coast Guard 

including reserve-components and all former members who have been 

discharged within 15 years of the date upon which application for review 

is received by the DRB. A former member may apply to the DRB for a 

change in the character of, and/or the reason for, the discharge. The 

Coast Guard DRB review is generally applicable only to administrative 

discharges, however, the DRB may review the discharge of a former member 

by sentence of a court-martial for the purpose of clemency. A petition 

for clemency will not be considered by the DRB unless the applicant has 

exhausted all appellate remedies. Upon a petition for clemency, the DRB 

shall consider only the equity of the discharge awarded.