Government Demanding Bonuses Paid Back From Wounded War Vets

[Ken_gone_flying]

The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments. Fortunately, Congressman Jason Altmire has proposed a bill that would guarantee soldiers receive full benefit of bonuses. This bill better get passed!



http://kdka.com/local/military.signing.bonuses.2.571660.html

 

[Uncle Fester]

Old story. Army says it was a Kafka-computer snafu. None of those wounded soldiers are going to have to pay back their bonuses.

 

[Ken_gone_flying]

Old story. Army says it was a Kafka-computer snafu. None of those wounded soldiers are going to have to pay back their bonuses.

That bill got passed in the last month and a half? If so, thats awesome. I wonder if the guys who already paid bonus money back are going to get that back.

 

[phrogpilot73]

That bill got passed in the last month and a half? If so, thats awesome. I wonder if the guys who already paid bonus money back are going to get that back.

It wasn't a bill that got passed, merely the Army correcting an instruction/computer error. They were looking into giving the bonuses back to the guys who paid it back I believe...

 

[Uncle Fester]

That's what it said in Stars & Stripes. Accounting error. The kind of things that happen now that we let Skynet run all of our pay and admin details.

 

[SemperGumbi]

HAL? HAL 9000?? You running DFAS these days???

"I'm sorry dave, I'm afraid I can't do that..."

"It can only be attributed to human error."