Posted on 12/10/2004 12:33:46 PM PST by Fyscat
Middletown – He lost his arm serving his country in Iraq. Now this wounded soldier is being discharged from his company in Fort Hood, Texas, without enough gas money to get home. In fact, the Army says 27-year-old Spc. Robert Loria owes it close to $2,000, and confiscated his last paycheck. "There's people in my unit right now – one of my team leaders [who was] over in Iraq with me, is doing everything he can to help me .... but it's looking bleak," Loria said by telephone from Fort Hood yesterday. "It's coming up on Christmas and I have no way of getting home."
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what??? he is entitled??? its not a disability check that he pocketed, it was a disbursing error! everyone in the military knows almost to the penny what they will be getting during any given scenario. i could understand if it was a few hundred while he was over there, but 2k?? come on!
Again, how does his losing an arm entitle him to keep taxpayer money paid him in error? What has one to do with the other?
Ahh, common sense. And once again, the complete story found on FR. Good find!
It WASN'T paid him in ERROR. He was STILL separated from his family genius!
Is it just me, or does anyone else smell a Troll??
Oh another genius speaks. Listen, he was STILL separated from his family so he was ENTITLED to the PAY, it was not in ERROR! Got it?
I never said he knew about the mistake although having been in the military I can tell you I don't know anyone who would receive $2000+ he was nor entitled to and not know it was an error. How about you? If you opened your checking account statement and found a deposit of $2000 in your account, do you believe you should be allowed to keep it because it was the banks mistake?
The unfortunate loss of his arm has nothing whatever to do with the excess payment and does not entitle him to keep it.
He was NOT entitled to the money as per the military. Argue with them, not me.
muawiyah,
This thread is about a different subject. Please don't hijack it-there are plenty out there beating this one to death. Let's keep this one separate.
Nothing personal, friend. Just want to stay on subject, this one is important.
Bob
I am glad you posted this, apparently there are many posters here who think he was not entitled to separation pay even though he was separated from his family.
To tell the truth I was only "a leg" for four months. For the next 20 years and 8 months I was not "a leg". "Legs" are worthless.
Still walking on both of my own legs.
Just a fun dig here at some of you guys, and you know who I'm talking about. Cut me some slack.
As you can see, the Army admitted that the FSA was paid to Loria in error.
From the post to which I am replying: he was STILL separated from his family so he was ENTITLED to the PAY, it was not in ERROR! Got it?
May I suggest that your emotions are getting the better of you? You are wrong, if the news articles are to be believed...
According to you, ANY SOLDIER separated from his family is entitled to separation pay, even if both the family and the soldier are 'in country' together.
Wrong..GENIUS!
Come on guys, Chill out. Boy, this subject material has sure got MY blood pressure up, lately...
Something's not right here. I ran the separations center at El Toro for three years, and no matter how much pay the service member owed the government was not allowed to use his travel pay to make up the debt. No matter what, the individual got his travel entitlements.
There's more to this story.
while on duty in sicily i received a call from a congressman from colorado demanding why we charged a sailor $1,400 for an emergency room visit. Turned out that it was from the Italian hospital, the sailor paid the bill and then called his congressman. Why didnt the sailor turn the bill over to us? he was involved in a auto accident while he was supposed to be at work. go figure.
Refer to post number 70.
oh good catch!! that is true it comes out of completely different coffers doesnt it! whats the story here?? can i smell missing info?? i need to call my congresscritter since i spent all of my separation travel allowence playing rugby in England last fall and my stuff is still stuck in Georgia!
LOL! Naughty, naughty!
The family was together in the hospital at Walter Reed?
Right, this guy is definitely due the pay.
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