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35,000 Still Need to Claim Stop-Loss Pay
January 19, 2011 Article Rating
The U.S. Army says it is looking for 35,000 Soldiers and veterans who are owed bonuses because they were forced to stay in the service.

Congress authorized the "special pay" in 2009 after criticism of the "stop loss" policy that involuntarily extended enlistments for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"In this economy, I haven't met a single stop-loss veteran who can't use this money," Paul Rieckhoff of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America told USA Today.

Under the law, the Army has paid out $245 million for 84,000 Soldiers, said Maj. Roy Whitley, who is in charge of the program. Read more at Military.com/
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