National guard soldiers told to pay back bonuses years after enlisting [View all]
Source: Guardian
National guard soldiers told to pay back bonuses years after enlisting
Thousands in California, many of whom served in Iraq and Afghanistan, called on to return enlistment bonuses amid reported ‘widespread overpayments’
Jamiles Lartey
@JamilesLartey
Saturday 22 October 2016 17.25 EDT
Thousands of soldiers in the California national guard, many of whom served active duty tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, are being asked to pay back large enlistment bonuses they received as much as 12 years ago.
The Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday that nearly 10,000 soldiers may be affected by the demands, after audits “revealed widespread overpayments by the California guard at the height of the wars last decade”.
Christopher Van Meter, a 42-year-old former army captain and Iraq veteran, told the Times he refinanced his home to pay $46,000 in bonus money and student loans which the army said he never should have received.
“These bonuses were used to keep people in,” Van Meter told the paper. “People like me just got screwed.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/22/national-guard-soldiers-enlistment-bonuses-california
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