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Count me in as someone who believes that the ship has sailed and the vets deserve to keep their bonuses, but let me point out that the corruption that kicked it off happened during the previous administration when the Secretary of Defense was Donald Rumsfeld and the Governor of California was Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's definitely a PR crisis, but at least it looks as though Ash Carter is doing the right thing by the veterans.
Last edited by randomparent; 10-26-2016 at 04:03 PM..
Do YOU Agree With Obama's Pentagon That The 10,000 War Veterans Should REPAY Their Enlistment Bonuses
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I agree with Obama's pentagon that those vets being charged by the California Natl Guard should NOT be charged and those who have paid those charges should be reimbursed.
The Pentagon has placed a temporary hold on collecting the bonuses from these vets. I guess it was causing problems for Obama's Pentagon. They were getting too many phone calls from average citizens.
None of the articles state the requirements to receive the bonus and the specific violations by the recruitment officers. I think they may have been for those relisting for combat units overseas.
Inasmuch as the recruiters were convicted and sent to prison, at some point their specific violations did get specified.
The real requirements for bonuses change constantly as forecasts of requirements and applicants change. There would have been several changes over the period in question, so they can't really specify them, except on a case-by-case basis.
While a contract is a contract, one little problem is not all of them risked their life. Many never went to combat zones.
While it's generally true that of soldiers overall many will not go into combat, in those kinds of units the great majority will go into combat.
That's what I tried to explain in an earlier post--the modern Total Force is composed in such a way that the Reservists and National Guard units that are called up for war almost certainly will go to combat--it's designed that way.
So let's say a 15k avg that would be about 125 million to go.
That's about what Bezos makes in a good quarter report right? Maybe him and his buddies Soros,Zuck,Schmidt can donate their pocket change for the cause.
They're too busy donating it to Hillary so she can continue the BS... I guess sht begets sht
That's not a matter of "Obama's Pentagon" it's a matter of the CA National Guard. The CA National Guard commander could just pull on his long pants and write off the debt. A federal court has already ruled in favor of the one Guardsman who actually took it to court.
This...
The whole situation is with the CA National Guard not the Pentagon or Obama.
No... THEY WERE LIED TO AN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF!!!!!!
They should not have to repay Jack!!
We were all lied to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who pushed the button to this 16 yrs of killings.
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Do YOU Agree With Obama's Pentagon That The 10,000 War Veterans Should REPAY Their Enlistment Bonuses
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