Posted on 10/29/2023 1:54:03 PM PDT by DFG
The National Guard is behind paying at least 9,000 soldiers the bonuses they were promised for signing up, according to a service component source with direct knowledge of the situation, with some soldiers and their families telling Military.com that payments have been missing for years.
The delays are so severe that Guard officials are tracking an additional 3,900 soldiers who completed their service and left the military without getting any bonus payment, though some may have lost eligibility.
"I was really relying on this money to help with moving into a new place with my wife," one soldier said, while explaining that the first half of his $20,000 enlistment bonus was a year overdue. "I did my end of things, and this is a really bad introduction to the Army, not taking care of people."
The bonuses are a key part of the Army National Guard's pitch: Do part-time service and the occasional deployment in exchange for many of the benefits tied to serving in the military. Hefty enlistment bonuses, often as high as $20,000, are meant to sweeten the deal.
Soldiers are typically supposed to receive the first payment of their enlistment bonuses after completing initial service training. The National Guard considers payments late if more than 30 days have elapsed since training was completed and no payment has been made. But that 30-day goal is not codified in any policy, leaving soldiers with little recourse to raise complaints when payments are overdue. Bonuses are usually paid out in chunks, with the second half being disbursed halfway through soldiers' first contracts.
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They went to Ukraine to pay their soldiers and pensions.
I thought that was all supposed to be included in those appropriation Bills shoved down our throats in order to keep the government running.
I was about $1,500 off because I missed a small W2 - got a letter so I called and they told me what was missing. Said I’ll check and call you back in 3 days.
I called them back - told them they were right and I was wrong but I didn’t know how I had missed it - oops 😬
The mistake was mine. Blow interest and I made regular $50 payments each month.
Had plenty withheld going forward so they took the balance out of the next year’s refund; so it was all good.
Way back almost 20 years ago.
Well, I guess some folks just fell off the turnip truck and are finding out the hard way that military recruiters lie.
And we will have a President like Hoover and a JCS Chief like MacArthur (such as Milley) who will ride tanks over them.
LOW interest lol 😆🤣
Thanks, autocorrect
I worked for NY State for 25 years. If you worked overtime, it took them 6 weeks to pay you for it, but if you owed them money, because they overpaid you for something, they took it out the next paycheck.
Exactly. Although if Trump is CinC again by then, I’ll bet the soldiers get paid.
I would expect that. Trump, unlike the other useless scum inhabiting our government, has at least had to meet a payroll, and understands the bad things that will result from failure to meet promises that pay people for work performed.
NG=No Good lol
This is ridiculous but can’t say I’m surprised..
Ukraine and Iran were paid first.
Nah, but we’re giving out EBT cards and cellphones for the vermin that are overrunning our borders.
Bidenomics. He’s doing this on purpose.
The illegals needed the money. 🤬
What state or states did this become apparent. Personnel are federally funded but under state control (Governor is Commander in Chief of his respective state’s guard troops) It’s the state that sets the requirement for pay to be sent as the amount is going to fluctuate depending on troop manning documents and vacant slots. So this problem belongs to the state government for their failure to follow through on the procedure. This is another one of those DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL anyone the truth why they didn’t get paid.
wy69
Same with air farce retention bonuses.
They sent it to Ukrania
First 10% goes to the big guy
Notice its things like these happen during dimmycrap in charge?
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