Green says $577 is now being deducted from her military benefit check each month. The reason: She got remarried last year.
It is a confusing section of a federal law that affects some 57,000 military spouses and their children who receive military benefits and are now being forced to pay Uncle Sam back after walking down the aisle again, according to Norb Ryan, a retired Navy vice admiral and president of the Military Officers Association of America.
“Here we are taxing the groups that have done the most for this country,” said Ryan. “If I were in the Pentagon, I’d be awfully embarrassed by this situation.”
A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on Green’s case or on the broader issue of remarried military spouses having to repay benefits.
