FRESNO, Calif. - Forced to leave the combat zone after his two
brothers died in the Iraq war, Army Spc. Jason Hubbard faced another
battle once he returned home: The military cut off his family's health
care, stopped his G.I. educational subsidies and wanted him to repay
his sign-up bonus.
It wasn't until Hubbard petitioned his local congressman that he was able to restore some of his benefits.
Now congressman Rep. Devin Nunes
is leading an effort to pass a bill that would ensure basic benefits to
all soldiers who are discharged under an Army policy governing sole
surviving siblings and children of soldiers killed in combat. The rule
is a holdover from World War II meant to protect the rights of service people who have lost a family member to war.