FORT BLISS, Texas – As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows.
Between 2003 and 2007 — as many military families dealt with long war deployments and increased numbers of home foreclosures — Army Emergency Relief grew into a $345 million behemoth. During those years, the charity packed away $117 million into its own reserves while spending just $64 million on direct aid, according to an AP analysis of its tax records.
Tax-exempt and legally separate from the military, AER projects a facade of independence but really operates under close Army control. The massive nonprofit — funded predominantly by troops — allows superiors to squeeze soldiers for contributions; forces struggling soldiers to repay loans — sometimes delaying transfers and promotions; and too often violates its own rules by rewarding donors, such as giving free passes from physical training, the AP found.
Read rest at above link and the others now starting to hit the wires!
The scum of this countries greed and arrogance, while the previous administration and the goper congresses laid waste to our laws and constitution, not caring what was going on, is still rising to the surface!
What more will we find out about as we've let them slide from accountability to live their lives out with their corrupt ill gotten gains!!!
You can Bet that with this kind of hoarding, and for the time span, there's been Skimming going on!!
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