Message from @galesteppes
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what a shit show
And the DOD ended up cucking to CA.
In all, repayments were waived for 17,092 California Guard soldiers who were given what were later deemed questionable bonuses, according to a Defense Department report obtained by The Times. Those who already repaid their bonuses are being reimbursed.
so who exactly is at fault for this?
The report, which was sent to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees this month, concludes that the overwhelming majority of California Guard soldiers did nothing wrong in accepting bonuses of $15,000 to $80,000 each. Only 393 soldiers have been ordered to return the money, chiefly due to disciplinary or criminal conduct.
California for offering 15 to 80k reenlistment bonuses
When they knew it wouldnt jive
so basically spending money they didn't have
Hell active maxed at 10k usually and that was for combat arms that was in high demand.
Spending other peoples money per usual
But i think they fucked themselves. As after that they prolly had all guard bonuses nixed
doesn't the program bear some fault for paying up front though?
Oh shit. Reading deeper the dod sought recoop from california. And cali did this.
The California Guard used tax liens, wage garnishments and other heavy-handed tactics to try to recover the bonuses it paid to soldiers chiefly to enlist or reenlist between 2004 to 2010, a period when the Pentagon was desperate for troops it could send to war.
It does. It leans people to fields needed. A high demand might have a 10k bonus and low demand no bonus
But 15 to 80k? 80k really?
i skimmed some of the article, i didn't see it went that high, damn
>california spending money it doesn't have
Well imagine my fucking shock
the way she goes
According to the report, the California Guard paid more than $233 million in bonuses and student loan repayments to fill its enlistment goals from 2004 to 2015.
For most of that time, the California Guard relied on a single enlisted soldier, Master Sgt. Toni Jaffe, to issue the bonuses with virtually no controls. Jaffe later said she faced intense pressure from higher-ups to approve the payments to meet enlistment goals.
After a federal and state investigation, Jaffe pleaded guilty in 2011 to charges of approving payments that she knew were fraudulent, and served 30 months in prison. The Guard simultaneously launched its aggressive recoupment effort, targeting soldiers who it
This one goes more into detail from the post report
they deserve it
The report stated up to 80k
223 million in bonuses to guard members. Guard members are state troops. Tbh dod shouldnt be paying them at all except if deployed. But i giess the dod offered some bonuses for enlistment to bulster numbers? Still doesnt make sense they are paying anything to a guard member.
> california spending federal money before its own
Pretty standard
```Still doesnt make sense they are paying anything to a guard member.```
for some reason that didn't even cross my mind
what a horrible state
I meant the fed. Since the soldier belongs to the state. The fed has to request activation from the state and such.
Ironic when stan lee wss making comics when Mahers parents would have consumed them.
when you are a elitist prick you love to look down on other people
WRONG. Trump is a member of the League of Shadows. That's DC not Marvel.
Purple headscarf, hoop ear rings...
I'm guessing it's because you're an idiot who thinks you're fighting on behalf of mother earth and that swimming in front of a ship and risking your life somehow makes the oil exploration process stop
Pretty much
Greenpeace the people that did sink a waling ship in such a way that all it fuel tanks did leak out in the sea polluting the harbour waters for years and killing both sea life and birds in the name of saving nature
Neither green nor peaceful lmao
Uh, wasnβt it the Greenpeace ship that was bombed?