11.23.2007

u.s. to soldiers: give us your limbs or your eyes, then give us a refund

An item from the continuing series: how does the US support its troops?
The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments.

To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases.

Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing and can no longer serve are being ordered to pay some of that money back.

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