Payment error hits National Guard members’ wallets
Military | Soldiers in California struggle to pay back bonuses after fraud discovered
by Michael Cochrane
Posted 10/25/16, 02:00 pm
UPDATE (10/26/16, 11:30 a.m.): U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered Pentagon officials this morning to suspend all efforts to seek bonus repayments from California National Guard members. Carter has given Defense Department officials until Jan. 1 to create a streamlined process for dealing with the fraudulent bonus debacle.