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progree

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16. I was in the military. And the answer to your last question is hell yes.

Sun Oct 23, 2016, 04:27 AM

Oct 2016

I imagine this as something along the lines of a soldier getting pulled aside by his or her commanding officer and being told something along the lines of "Your enlistment ends in December of 2016 but you are eligible to receive a $5,000 bonus if you sign up for a four year reenlistment before then." Assuming that is the case, shouldn't a soldier be able to trust his or her commanding officer on whether or not they are eligible for that money?

From the article:

[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#CEF6FE;"]The plaintiff, Bryan Strother, alleges that the payments were laid out in binding contracts and that the statute of limitations for the state has long passed.

So it was more than verbal.

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National guard soldiers told to pay back bonuses years after enlisting [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2016 OP

This is just ridiculous TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #1

This is the California state government, not Obama EL34x4 Oct 2016 #3

Then Jerry Brown needs to fix it TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #5

I suppose he could but on the other hand this isnt like they didnt get the money they cstanleytech Oct 2016 #6

They were promised the money by officials TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2016 #8

Yes they were promised some and they got that the extra money though was not supposed cstanleytech Oct 2016 #9

If the soldiers knew they were getting an improperly large bonus, than yes, I agree progree Oct 2016 #15

Yes but the government had specifically stated how much to pay them and cstanleytech Oct 2016 #20

They were also prohibited 2naSalit Oct 2016 #29

But if the mistake was made by the government, not by the soldier, it seems to me the Yo_Mama Oct 2016 #21

The government needs to just let it go... Blanks Oct 2016 #27

I read that it was the Pentagon. lonestarnot Oct 2016 #37

This doesn't surprise me at all unfortunately. NWCorona Oct 2016 #2

I hope every would be enlistee hears about this dixiegrrrrl Oct 2016 #4

The DOD and/or the State of California need to erase the mistake. leanforward Oct 2016 #7

How do they fix the real mistake? jbeing Oct 2016 #10

It ain't just California shadowmayor Oct 2016 #11

Selective Retention Bonus tcbrola Oct 2016 #12

I guess my question though is were the soldiers aware that they were not eligible? Massacure Oct 2016 #14

I was in the military. And the answer to your last question is hell yes. progree Oct 2016 #16

Many of them were not, I am sure. Yo_Mama Oct 2016 #22

And if the state decides to go after the soldiers for this, christx30 Oct 2016 #30

They ought to be able to, and ethics aside, think of this from a contract law standpoint. Yo_Mama Oct 2016 #24

Offer/acceptance/binding sounds simple enough to me. lonestarnot Oct 2016 #38

If any other employer paid out a bonus, then tried to take it back 12 years later...??? Crash2Parties Oct 2016 #13

This is a disgrace, they earned it! denbot Oct 2016 #23

equity DustyJoe Oct 2016 #28

This happening to my husband AwakeAtLast Oct 2016 #31

Sometimes the government should just eat the loss. Disgusting. Vinca Oct 2016 #33

Congress knew for at least two years about Pentagon efforts to take back bonuses from veterans Eugene Oct 2016 #34

Yet the Pentagon keeps making payments to contractors who are behind in their deliveries dflprincess Oct 2016 #35

If we make a big enough stink, maybe that will happen! lonestarnot Oct 2016 #39

Story is starting to pick up steam.... Upin Oct 2016 #41

They should go after those shrink-wrapped bundles of $9 billion dollars that disappeared in Iraq. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2016 #40

They went back to Iraq during the worst of it. riderinthestorm Oct 2016 #36

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