What happened to the recruiters and their superiors who approved these improper bonuses? How about the financial corps types who allowed these bonuses to be paid out in the first place. That needs to be cleaned out to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Has the California National Guard officer corps be swept clean, revoke some pensions, give out some dishonorable discharges. If the guys who got the bonuses were somehow in on it, get rid of them too, but that is a small part of the problem.
No recruiters were involved.
These were people already in whose enlistment were up therefor unit retention officers would have tendered the offers.
And it appears to have been widespread, so it came from high up the chain of command.