Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 41 - MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE › Part II - Military Justice › Chapter 4 - Non-Judicial Punishment › Section II-429 - Distribution and Filing of Article 15 and Allied Documents

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. General. DA Form 2627 will be prepared in
				an original and five copies. All written statements and other documentary
				evidence considered by the imposing commander or the next superior authority
				acting on an appeal will be transmitted with the original. Copies of DA Form
				2627 will be transmitted through the SIDPERS (J1) to the Military Personnel
				Records Jacket (MPRJ) to the MilPay maintaining the service member's pay
				account according to DA Pam 600-8, chapter 8. DA Form 268, Report of Suspension
				of Favorable Personnel Actions, will be submitted per AR 600-8-2 Standard
				instructions for distribution and filing of forms for commissioned officers,
				warrant officers, and enlisted service members are set out below.
B. Original of DA Form 2627
1. Place of filing, E-4 and below. For
				service members E-4 and below (prior to punishment), the original will be filed
				locally in unit non-judicial punishment files. Such locally filed originals
				will be destroyed at the end of 2 years from the date of imposition of
				punishment or on the service member's transfer to another special
				courts-martial convening authority, whichever occurs first. For these service
				members, the imposing commander should annotate item 5 of DA Form 2627 as "Not
				Applicable (N/A)."
2. Place of
				filing, E-5 and above. For all other service members E-5 and above, the
				original will be sent to the appropriate custodian for filing in the OMPF
				(Official Military Personnel File) located in iPERMS (Personnel Electronic
				Records Management System.)
3.
				"Performance Fiche" versus "Restricted Fiche"
a. The "performance fiche" is that portion of
				the OMPF in iPERMS that is routinely used by career managers and selection
				boards for the purpose of assignment, promotion, and schooling selection. The
				"restricted fiche" is that portion of the OMPF in iPERMS that contains
				information not normally viewed by career managers or selection boards except
				as provided in AR 640-10 or specified in the Secretary of the Army's written
				instructions to the section board.
b. A commander's decision whether to file a
				record of non-judicial punishment on the "performance fiche" of a Service
				member's Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) is as important as the
				decision relating to the imposition of non-judicial punishment itself. In
				making a filing determination, the imposing commander must weigh carefully the
				interests of the service member's career against those of the Louisiana
				National Guard to produce and advance only the most qualified personnel for
				positions of leadership, trust, and responsibility. In this regard, the
				imposing commander should consider the service member's age, grade, total
				service (with particular attention to the service member's recent performance
				and past misconduct), and the fact that the filing decision is final, except
				for those cases where the service member has more than one record of
				non-judicial punishment directed for filing in the "restricted fiche." (See (c)
				below). However, the interests of the Louisiana National Guard are compelling
				when the record of non-judicial punishment reflects unmitigated moral turpitude
				or lack of integrity, patterns of misconduct, or evidence of serious character
				deficiency or substantial breach of military discipline. In such cases, the
				record should be filed in the "performance fiche."
c. The decision to file the original DA Form
				2627 on the "performance fiche" or the "restricted fiche" in the OMPF in iPERMS
				will be determined by the imposing commander at the time punishment is imposed.
				The filing decision of the imposing commander is final subject only to review
				when a previous DA Form 2627 that has not been wholly set aside is discovered
				to have been previously filed in the "restricted fiche". Records directed for
				filing in the "restricted fiche" will be redirected to the "performance fiche"
				if the service member has other records of non-judicial punishment reflecting
				misconduct in the grade E-5 or higher that have not been wholly set aside
				recorded in the "restricted fiche."