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Wounded Soldier: Military
Wants Part Of Bonus Back
Marty Griffin
CBS
Tuesday November 20, 2007
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.
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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.
Full
article here.
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BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
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