Wounded Entitled to Keep Bonus Payments

Wounded Entitled to Keep Bonus Payments
Army News Service | November 26, 2007

WASHINGTON – Soldiers who become ill or are wounded while on active duty are entitled to keep all recruitment bonuses due them.

The Army reiterated that policy today, after a Wounded Soldier inadvertently received a letter from the Army that stated he would be required to pay back any enlistment money he received.

“If you are ill or were injured while on duty, the Army will not ask you to repay any portion of your recruitment bonus,” said Brig. Gen. Mike Tucker, assistant surgeon general for Warrior Care and Transition. “This money will stay in the hands of our Soldiers.”

Army policy prohibits what is described as “recoupment” when it would be contrary to equity and good conscience, or would be contrary to the nation’s interests. Those circumstances include, for example, “an inability to complete a service agreement because of illness, injury, disability or other impairment that did not clearly result from misconduct.”

The Army is looking into the specifics behind former Soldier Jordan Fox, who was injured while serving in Iraq. Mr. Fox told news media he had received a letter from the Army stating he would be required to repay a $3,000 enlistment bonus.

The general said Soldiers who have received letters from the Army asking for repayment of a recruitment bonus should contact the Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline to report the issue as soon as possible.


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uhc comment: If you know of someone who was fucked by the Department of Death, tell them to call 800-984-8523. The article has other phone numbers.

there is nothing inadvertent about it nor is it some "bureaucratic screw-up" it was cold and calculated. It was business as usual for the bush administration.

They just couldn't resist screwing the little guy, the grunts. Old habits die hard.