The folks at the Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America are working hard to get real support for the troops.
If you act right now, you can help stop-lossed troops get $5,000 for their overtime.
Since 2001, over 170,000 service-members have been held past their enlistment contracts, under the military's 'stop-loss' policy.
In March, the Pentagon announced it would begin compensating these servicemembers for their overtime. But unless Congress acts today, thousands of veterans who were stop-lossed before October 2008 won't see a dime in backpay.
In the next 48 hours, Congress will decide the fate of a critical bill that would close this gap and provide an average of almost $5,000 in retroactive payments to troops who have been stop-lossed. But lawmakers need to hear from you.
Can you take a minute to call your Senators, and ask them to support retroactive payments for stop-lossed troops?
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