Good News for Our Service Members - But You Need to Hurry!

As many of you know, yesterday was Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistace Day. Again, I would like to send a huge shout out to all our past and current service members to thank them for their unselfish servitude. This day is meant to honor our Military and to show them our appreciation for their duty.

I also wanted to remind you about an opportunity that you may not be aware of to get paid money from the government for your extended duty. Back in October, the President extended the Retroactive Stop-Loss Special Pay deadline. The 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Act authorized retroactive stop loss special pay of $500 for every month/partial month served in stop loss status.

Service members, veterans, and beneficiaries of service members who were involuntarily extended under stop loss between 9/11 and September 30th 2009 are eligible. But, you must act quickly as the deadline is December 3rd. This is pay that is due to service members and as of now, approximately 80,000 members have not made claim to this money. This could mean thousands of dollars for our service men and women. Visit this link for information and forms: http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/0710_stoploss/.

Please share this post with everyone you know so that we are sure our service members get their pay. I heard on CNN yesterday that there is more than $300,000,000 unclaimed back pay and your deadline is fast approaching. Please share this information with everyone in case they may know someone who is eligible.