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kengr ([personal profile] kengr) wrote2007-11-28 10:22 pm

Just when you think they can't sunk any lower...

... the government proves you wrong.

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

They want signing bonus money back from soldiers who have been injured badly enough to not serve out their term.

Bastards.

[identity profile] siegeengine.livejournal.com 2007-11-29 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
There was so much uproar over this (one of the complaintants was on TV,) that the pentagon has issued a retraction saying they never meant this, and that it was a mistake (hah) and have set up a hotline for any veteran who had this happen to them to get redress.

Yay for our side!