skippy the bush kangaroo

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

also, they want all those dead soldiers to stop goldbricking and get back to work

we can't believe the hutzbah of this administration. the u.s. military is ordering wounded soldiers to return their signing bonuses because they can't finish their commitment to serve. 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…

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.
it's bad enough that we send people overseas into fighting wars without armor and equipment, and then pull funding from the veterans administration, forcing it to close down hospitals all across the country. but now we're penalizing people because they had the audacity to get wounded???

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posted by skippy at 11:25 PM |

1 Comments:

thanks for doing this story..as awful as it is...I am doing VET issues and PTSD this week ( and suicide- I have alot of VETS and their families over at my blog- so I did it as a public service- since MSM has been reluctant to focus too much on PTSD...or their wounds...so sad..anyways if you could send folks over_ it is important at Holiday time..thanks)
commented by Blogger enigma4ever, 12:12 AM PST  

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