Information on Unclaimed Back Pay for Minnesota Servicemembers, Veterans, and Beneficiaries of Service Members |
In early August 2010, the Department of Defense announced that thousands of military men and women are still owed back pay for an extension of their service obligation under Stop Loss. Servicemembers who served under Stop Loss must submit a claim to receive the special pay. According to a recent article in USA Today, the Department of Defense will eliminate the Stop Loss program by March 2011. Since 2001, over 140,000 troops served under Stop Loss. (All about 20,000 of those troops were Army soldiers.) This number has been reduced to about 4,000. Click here to learn more. |