Originally Posted by
L'il J.Seinfeld
My wife became pregneant with our second son and wanted off of active duty. She went to MPF and they said she could get out but would have to repay her AFROTC scholarship on a prorated basis. We went home, discussed it, allocated funds from our savings to cover the scholarship cost and went back to Personnel the next day. They started the paper work and a few weeks later she went to the MPF to outprocess. After much confusion we were handed a phone number of someone at AFPC and told to call them at midnight (we were in Japan.) When we made contact the person at AFPC wanted to know how much her scholarship was for so she could tally the repayment amount. We had a general idea, but weren't about to do the job for the USAF--it's their job to maintain records, not ours. They could not come up with a number and 9 years later she still has not repaid anything.
My last move from the USAF when I separated from AD, we were well over (about double) the weight limit for TMO. They said that we would have to pay for the amount we were over. I said OK, send me the bill. That was 5 years ago and I am still waiting.
my point is that the military is a bureaucracy and they can't coordinate anything. Get an attorney and fight like hell. It will cost a few thousand but will be a lot less than your severance pay!
When I retired in 1992, the procedure was to send your last paycheck as a paper check mailed to your bank. I waited about two weeks after my retirement date and the check never showed up. Luckily, we were still in the area of the base where we retired. I went to finance and the person there pulled up the check and told me they could void the old check and cut a new check for the amount. Unfortunately, the amount was way too much. They had paid me for 88 days of leave that I had taken as terminal leave. She made some comment about "I wish you hadn't brought this up because now this is going to get complicated." Anyway, I went back to the squadron a couple of times and got the paperwork corrected and resubmitted. It took about 2 months and several visits to finance on my part to get it all straightened out and finally get my last check.
I suppose I could have just taken the 88 days of extra pay, but I wasn't entitled to it. Yes, the military is a large bureaucracy, but doing the right thing with other people's money is an individual thing. I sleep pretty good every night.