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US Military taking money from wounded soldiers

Cassie

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

Wounded Soldier: Military Wants Part Of Bonus Back

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―

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.

To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases.

Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing and can no longer serve are being ordered to pay some of that money back.

One of them is Jordan Fox, a young soldier from the South Hills.

He finds solace in the hundreds of boxes he loads onto a truck in Carnegie. In each box is a care package that will be sent to a man or woman serving in Iraq. It was in his name Operation Pittsburgh Pride was started.

Fox was seriously injured when a roadside bomb blew up his vehicle. He was knocked unconscious. His back was injured and lost all vision in his right eye.

A few months later Fox was sent home. His injuries prohibited him from fulfilling three months of his commitment. A few days ago, he received a letter from the military demanding nearly $3,000 of his signing bonus back.

"I tried to do my best and serve my country. I was unfortunately hurt in the process. Now they're telling me they want their money back," he explained.

It's a slap for Fox's mother, Susan Wardezak, who met with President Bush in Pittsburgh last May. He thanked her for starting Operation Pittsburgh Pride which has sent approximately 4,000 care packages.

He then sent her a letter expressing his concern over her son's injuries, so she cannot understand the U.S. Government's apparent lack of concern over injuries to countless U.S. Soldiers and demands that they return their bonuses.

While he's unsure of his future, Fox says he's unwavering in his commitment to his country.

"I'd do it all over again... because I'm proud of the discipline that I learned. I'm proud to have done something for my country," he said.

But Fox feels like he's already given enough. He'll never be able to pursue his dream of being a police officer because of his wounds and he can't believe he's being asked to return part of his $10,000 signing bonus.

KDKA contacted Congressman Jason Altmire on his behalf. He says he has proposed a bill that would guarantee soldiers receive full benefit of bonuses.
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This is really disgusting. I can't believe the US military is taking this money back from people who were injured serving this country.
 
Believe it.

Hey, they got to pay for the thousands of widescreen plasma TVs they ordered somehow.
 
It's only going to get worse. What's going to happen in the United States with war wounded from Bush's little game is going to make the aftermath of Vietnam look like a mild inconvenience.
 
The way I see it, we all are going to need a special skill so that Canada will take us. Like rats fleeing a ship, I know but, I'll be damned if I stay here if Hillary Clinton gets elected. Universal Health Care my ass.
 
Sarek said:
Believe it.

Hey, they got to pay for the thousands of widescreen plasma TVs they ordered somehow.
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Someone made a mistake :(

Military Says Bonus Letter Was A 'Mistake'

Marty Griffin MT. LEBANON (KDKA) ― A KDKA investigation is getting national attention and results for a wounded soldier from Mt. Lebanon and perhaps thousands of others.

The Army ordered Jordan Fox to return thousands of dollars in bonus money because his injuries prevented him from completing his tour.

When in Iraq, Fox survived machine gun battles and a roadside bomb that knocked him unconscious and blinded him in his right eye.

The injury forced the military to send him home. A few weeks later, he received a bill from the Department of Defense. He owes the military nearly $3,000 from his original enlistment bonus because he couldn't fulfill his tour.

"I tried to do my best and serve my country and unfortunately I was hurt in the process and now they're telling me that they want their money back," Fox told KDKA.

KDKA contacted the Pentagon. Investigators there took a look. A military spokesman told KDKA's Marty Griffin the bill sent to Fox was a mistake.

Griffin asked Army Spokesperson Major Nathan Banks if the government was taking on Fox's case.

Banks said via phone, "We are. We are ... definitely working it out. We have seen where the problems have been made, the system, and we're just making - you know, give us the opportunity to make a wrong a right."

Major Banks says Fox will not have to pay back his bonus. Fox says "fine," but he wants more.

"Hopefully this will turn into change for not only me but many other soldiers that have lost limbs, you know, become permanently deaf," he said. "I hope to see a change for everybody."

The Pentagon will not comment on allegations that thousands of other soldiers just sent home from Iraq and other invasions, including Afghanistan, will not receive these sorts of bills. They cannot comment on those cases.

KDKA has learned that our local congressional delegation, as well as both Pennsylvania senators, are demanding answers. We're also being told they are pressuring the President to get involved.
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See here http://kdka.com/kdkainvestigators/Iraq.veteran.bonuses.2.592432.html

Be Thankful for the Fools, for it is they that keep the Rich Wealthy and the Powerful Strong- "Mark Twain"
 
Hilary Clinton will never be elected.

I guess the legal definition is in the bonus contract they signed, isn't it? Is the refund enforceable? Remember, many of these poor niggers were duped by the 30K figure, which solved ALL their problems IMMEDIATELY, and of course, being dumb fucking niggers they didn't read the fine print which is what those offering the bonus were hoping for given this rather gruesome development.

Typical fascist neocon thinking, truth be told.
 
Elnidfse said:
The way I see it, we all are going to need a special skill so that Canada will take us. Like rats fleeing a ship, I know but, I'll be damned if I stay here if Hillary Clinton gets elected. Universal Health Care my ass.
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Don't be so smug, your best export is still SARs so shut the fuck up.
 
This is why the military should over throw the government and take control with some sort of dictatorship. And then we could become communist and not have to worry about this sort of thing because we would all be paid the same no matter what! :)
 
Sarek said:
It's only going to get worse. What's going to happen in the United States with war wounded from Bush's little game is going to make the aftermath of Vietnam look like a mild inconvenience.
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How so? The casualty count from Iraq is peanuts compared to the casualty count from Vietnam -- averaged out, we lost more guys in two months of Vietnam than we have in the entire Iraq occupation.
 
JCady said:
How so? The casualty count from Iraq is peanuts compared to the casualty count from Vietnam -- averaged out, we lost more guys in two months of Vietnam than we have in the entire Iraq occupation.
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Who's talking about lost? I'm talking about the walking wounded. Both physically and mentally.

And lets face it, the government did a horse shit job of taking care of our vets after Nam. Now their not only screwing them out of medical care, but the Bush administration is screwing them out of veterans benefits including long term care, besides. And before you say they aren't, I retired from the military 2 years ago after 20+ years. Used to be my benefits cover myself and my family. It doesn't any more. The Tricare system is so fucked up I carry insurance through my job because it's easier to deal with and I know how I'm going to get fucked going in the door.
 
Sarek said:
Who's talking about lost? I'm talking about the walking wounded. Both physically and mentally.

And lets face it, the government did a horse shit job of taking care of our vets after Nam. Now their not only screwing them out of medical care, but the Bush administration is screwing them out of veterans benefits including long term care, besides. And before you say they aren't, I retired from the military 2 years ago after 20+ years. Used to be my benefits cover myself and my family. It doesn't any more. The Tricare system is so fucked up I carry insurance through my job because it's easier to deal with and I know how I'm going to get fucked going in the door.
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Far be it from me to defend His Imperial Shrubbiness, but I don't see how can can possibly be worse than Vietnam. They didn't even acknowledge that PTSD existed back then, plus a ton of people blamed the soldiers for the war wheras nowadays most people rightly blame Bush and his cronies.
 
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