Last year my husband was in Iraq when he extended his overseas tour in Germany for two years. He signed a paper saying that he would receive a bonus for extending. Now it is time for us to receive the money and the air force says no the rule is you have to extend for one year (no more, no less) I actually just found that rule. If he signed a paper stating that he should receive that money is the air force bound to that contract?
2006-12-11 03:36:31 · 4 answers · asked by remsing 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The paper he signed was not for a re-enlistment it is for extending his overseas tour. I read the AFI and it states that you can only receive it if you extend for 12 months. I saw the paper he signed and he was given a choice of cash bonus or free leave and he checked the cash. So it is not a matter of waiveing his rights.
2006-12-11 05:01:39 · update #1
The paper gives you your options for extending and he checked the option he wanted. It doesnt say specifically how long you have to extend for. He was told by the MPF in Iraq he was entitled to it so they gave him the paper. apparntley they were wrong but if we would have known 2 years doesnt count for the bonus as well we would have only gone for one. We really only wanted one, now I am wishing we hadn't extended at all and I could be closer to my family by now. This whole thing just sucks because he was going to use that money towards his pilots license.
2006-12-11 06:09:42 · update #2
yea, have him take it to his chief or 1st Sgt. When i enlisted I was promised a enliment bonus took me about a 1 and 1/2 years from the time i got to my 1st duty assignment to get it. It ended up goin to the Base Comand Cheif, about a week or 2 later i had my money. Just make sure you have all your paper work.
2006-12-11 03:44:25 · answer #1 · answered by striderknight2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he signed a paper that says he will receive a bonus, he will receive a bonus. They will not trick you. I'm sure if he was not eligible for a bonus, he would have signed something saying that the tour did not offer a $ bonus.
They are pretty specific in their signing contracts so although you might think thats what you heard, maybe it was a different part of the discussion. Check out the extension papers and read every line. By all means, if you do find that there is a sign-on bonus, bring it to their attention.
But again, chances are, he was exempt and he initialed off/signed that he understood the agreement.
2006-12-11 04:04:44 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unless it specifically states in his paperwork that he is eligible for that money because he extended for 2 years, then the air force found itself a loophole. He basically opted for the bonus he was not authorized to receive, and that's not entirely the air force's fault. The same thing happens in the army, but you learn real quick to read everything you sign.
2006-12-11 05:27:06 · answer #3 · answered by DOOM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I assume you DO have a copy of the signed contract,,, so spicifically what does it say on the contract that he signed???
2006-12-11 05:56:05 · answer #4 · answered by tom l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋