Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161025:16:30:00
Now he's being asked to return his $20,000 bonus. >> made in violation of federal law. >> reporter: what went through your mind when you first got the letter saying you owed money? >> anger. you didn't do anything wrong. we stepped forward, volunteered, signed on the line, did our duty. now they are slapping us in the face for it. >> reporter: thousands of soldiers were signed up by military recruiters. in some cases those recruiting officers knew the soldiers weren't really eligible for enlistment bonuses but signed them up anyway. in 2011 a so-called incentive manager for the california guar...