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Ex-ROTC Recruit Forced to Pay Back Tuition [gotta love government bureaucracy]
WJLA ABC 7 Washington, DC ^
| 2009-03-25
Posted on 03/25/2009 7:07:20 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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A Navy official says the Navy is looking into the matter but decline to comment, saying each case is different and a response will take time.
DFAS bureaucrats are utterly incompetent.
To: bamahead; traviskicks; djsherin
"And it just feels like I'm yelling out there and nobody's hearing," she said. "And I hired a lawyer, thinking he's got a bigger voice but he just got drowned out just like me."Our government at work. And yes, I can attest to similar treatment from various government agencies too.
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:08:00 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: All
All: please try to read the story before commenting.
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:09:22 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
"And it just feels like I'm yelling out there and nobody's hearing," she said.Oh they hear...
they just don't care!
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:10:19 PM PDT
by
evad
(YES!! I WANT Obama's Agenda TO FAIL!!!)
To: rabscuttle385
I’m pretty sure that the standard ROTC contract states that if the student cannot/does not join the military, then all tuition moneys have to be repaid. I
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:12:20 PM PDT
by
PERKY2004
(Proud Military Wife -- my DH is in his 26th year of military service! PRAY 4 OUR TROOPS!)
To: rabscuttle385
Absolutely outrageous. If she’d refused to take a commission and serve after graduation or gotten a bad conduct discharge that would be one thing, but for a medical discharge?!?!
Great way to look after your people there.
To: rabscuttle385
Need more evidence to judge innocence or guilt
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:13:39 PM PDT
by
frithguild
(Can I drill your head now?)
To: rabscuttle385
Well - I’ll be the first to say she owes the Navy (we taxpayers) a refund....
She was unable to fulfill her end of the agreement..
I also suspect her “exercise induced asthma” was a precondition she couldn’t help but be aware of....
She should shut up and pay up...
We taxpayers are tapped out by being the patsy for EVERYONE....
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:14:09 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: frithguild
Need more evidence to judge innocence or guiltDude, she's married. I know her personally. Be nice; be respectful here.
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:14:24 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: PERKY2004
I know a couple kids on full ROTC scholarship. First year, and then you drop out, no problem, you don’t have to pay it back. But if you go beyond the first year, and then drop out, you are liable for the tuition. At least that’s what they told me when I inquired how the scholarship works. I might add that a full ROTC scholarship includes room, board, tuition, books, and a stipend.
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:15:55 PM PDT
by
dawn53
To: PERKY2004
I’m pretty sure that the standard ROTC contract states that if the student cannot/does not join the military, then all tuition moneys have to be repaid.
Positive. My son went through it, and he became active his junior year. Some go through it, and never officially commit. They are responsible for payment after the first to years.
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:16:34 PM PDT
by
lookout88
(.combat officer's dad, Socialism is slavery)
To: rabscuttle385
She signed the contract knowing full well what the terms were.
Sorry honey, but cough up the cash.
Life's tough. Wear a helmet.
L
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:16:34 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: rabscuttle385
Three years of appeals to the Navy -- and three letters of rejection later -- 24 year-old Anna Viviano now owes $100,000.
Dang. You do not get charged this much in interest unless you borrow the money from the Mob.
To: rabscuttle385
Maybe she should have told the Navy that she wanted to go to law school and stay in the Navy. I went to high school with a guy who went all the way through college in NROTC, only to be turned down for officer’s training school because of his eye sight. He ended up a jag. I guess someone decided the glasses didn’t matter so much as a lawyer.
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:17:45 PM PDT
by
Eva
(CHANGE- the post modern euphemism for Marxist revolution.)
To: rabscuttle385
It looks as if the Navy did not perform their Due Diligence.
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:18:59 PM PDT
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
To: Lurker
She signed the contract knowing full well what the terms were.
Sorry honey, but cough up the cash.
Life’s tough. Wear a helmet.”
Affirmative. Pay up. They gave my kid a physical every twelve minutes, and I even paid for them.
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:20:35 PM PDT
by
lookout88
(.combat officer's dad, Socialism is slavery)
To: frithguild
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:23:05 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(President Obama's teleprompter has issued a stern warning to corporate executives)
To: rabscuttle385
The article does not provide much information.
Is her asthma really that severe that she cannot serve in the military in any capacity? Does she still desire to fulfill her obligation?
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:24:23 PM PDT
by
iowamark
(certified by Michael Steele as "ugly and incendiary")
To: dawn53
Agreed... I think that there are contractual provisions that permit a drop out after the first year (but before the second year) where you don’t have to pay for that year of college. Otherwise, you do.
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:24:33 PM PDT
by
PERKY2004
(Proud Military Wife -- my DH is in his 26th year of military service! PRAY 4 OUR TROOPS!)
To: lookout88
They should have known about a preexisting condition.
They do give a lot of physicals. Hmmmmm, not sure.
She just might have a case here. Get a new lawyer.
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posted on
03/25/2009 7:27:36 PM PDT
by
AGreatPer
(Obama is not my president until we see his birth certificate. A real one.)
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