The joys of re-enlistment

[Brian Foley]

Guardsman re-enlists, Pentagon kills bonus
A Department of Defense decision to renege on war-time promises to pay bonuses to more than a dozen re-enlisting Washington National Guardsmen has sparked outrage from prominent elected officials and state National Guard officers working to rectify the situation.

According to a state Guard spokesman, Maj. Phil Osterli, at least 15 Washington National Guardsmen and women signed re-enlistment forms promising them a tax-free $15,000 bonus in return. Many of them were stationed in Iraq at the time, he said.

You actually believed they were gonna pay you $15,000 for signing up again? You FOOL! Hahahahahahahaahaha !

 

[Jaybee from his cast]

You actually believed they were gonna pay you $15,000 for signing up again? You FOOL! Hahahahahahahaahaha !

Funny, but not surprising. The human trash military grunts signed up in the first place for about that kind of cash for a whole years work, and that was the distinct possibility of getting their worthless asses killed. Let's not forget, those pieces of shit are usually not called Rockefeller, Gates or Perot...they were never going to pull down any worthwhile dough, so they're not the kind to read the small print, either.

Washington realises that a large proportion of vets graduate, with proud grins, to trying to support 2 alimony instances by burger-flipping 5 years after discharge, and correctly surmise that the lure of 15k is big enough to fill the current shanghaing shortfall without paying 15k.

Please don't get me wrong, although of course I heartily welcome the deaths in Iraq of these Marine scum - every dead US serviceman is a bonus in and of his own himself - what worries me is that the more of them are eliminated, the worse the recruitment shortage gets, and when that happens, those bonuses are actually going to have to be paid - stupid as they are, we can't keep them suckered forever. The worthless scum sponge off enough of our tax money already, so I feel that some kind of instant workfare system should be implemented, we get 3 years free streetsweeping for that 15k, this being in addition to their welfare payouts.

Jaybee.