Posted on 02/15/2010 3:45:48 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
The Pentagon is moving closer to paying 2,500 Minnesota National Guard soldiers who are still owed bonuses after a long deployment to Iraq several years ago.
The U.S. Army has officially closed a loophole that delayed payments of about $10 million to the soldiers in Minnesota's "Red Bull" 34th Infantry Brigade.
The soldiers began a 22-month deployment in 2005 that kept them in Iraq for 16 months. It became the longest deployment of any infantry unit since World War II.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
Thats about $4k each
Not sure if all bonuses are equal...It may differ, depending on time served.
That’ll be nice for one young soldier friend of mine - just in time for his upcoming marriage.
Wonderful!!
Had it been entitlements, the government would have paid it within days of promising it.
That is an excellent observation.....
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