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Pentagon Reaches Back Ten Years to Take Money from Veteran’s Pockets

CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2016

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By Mark Sumner

ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 11: In this U.S. Navy handout, sunrise at the Pentagon prior to a ceremony to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The American flag is draped over the site of impact at the Pentagon.  In 2008, the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial opened  adjacent to the site, located on Boundary Channel Drive in Arlington, Va., and commemorates the 184 lives lost at the Pentagon and onboard American Airlines Flight 77 during the terrorist attacks. (Photo by Damon J. Moritz/Released via Getty Images

It’s not unusual for employers to offer a signing bonus, especially when the demand for workers is high. That’s exactly what the California National Guard did a decade ago.

Short of troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago, the California National Guard enticed thousands of soldiers with bonuses of $15,000 or more to reenlist and go to war.

More than 10,000 volunteers received such a bonus. They…

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