80 Wis. soldiers still wait for service benefits
http://host.madison.com/news/state_and_regional/wis-soldiers-still-wait-for-service-benefits/article_caf8f790-2f76-5752-8e78-8f97def72a57.html
They go to war for us and we fuck them over when they come home.
Dozens of Wisconsin National Guard soldiers are still waiting for thousands of dollars owed to them for their service in Iraq.
The delay is due to bureaucratic glitches and clerical errors, the Oshkosh Northwestern reported (
http://oshko.sh/xfjOx5).
The soldiers, members of the Wisconsin National Guard 1157th Transportation Co., spent much of 2006 and 2007 in Iraq. When they came home they were due extra pay or days of leave for serving multiple deployments, but some never received what was owed to them because of errors in the way the Army computed and paid the benefits.
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Several soldiers say their efforts to resolve the issue through military channels have been fruitless. Now they're relying on lawmakers to step in. Petri said he's working with two Wisconsin Democrats, U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl and U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, to rectify the situation, perhaps through legislation to ensure the correct payments are made.
Petri is a POS, but Kohl and Kind are both good men; hopefully they'll get this sorted out quickly.
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