Ten years after the Pentagon enticed soldiers to reenlist by offering hefty bonuses, officials are demanding thousands of those veterans pay the money back. But years later, officials realized Van Meter and thousands of other veterans were not actually eligible for the bonuses they were given. investigators uncovered rampant fraud and mismanagement by California Guard officials trying to meet enlistment targets. now, thousands of soldiers are paying the real price.
This relates back to the Iraq war that soilders were enlisted into fighting. It's horrible that people who where tricked into this fraud are going to have to pay back all that was given which was about $15,000.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/us/national-guard-recruitment-bonus-repayment/index.html
Ways to avoid this fraud and confusion is to pay more attention when dealing with enlisting funds and bonuses rather than just bribing soldiers to join the army. Serving your country in this way should be preformed with a sense of immense pride and nationalism. Bribing soldiers takes this away and makes it about money.
ReplyDeleteI agree immensely, enlisting in the military is for people who have an immeasurable amount to pride and nationalism. seeing that the government is bribing people to become soldiers shows us how flawed the government is.
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