Home CA Guard Vets Told to Repay Millions in Enlistment Bonuses (Video) Christopher Van Meter is one of the affected veterans in California. He earned a purple heart after being hurled from an armored vehicle in Iraq. By 2007, he had already served 15 years in the Army and was about to retire -- until the military encouraged him to reenlist. (Photo Credit: Ameriforce)

Christopher Van Meter is one of the affected veterans in California. He earned a purple heart after being hurled from an armored vehicle in Iraq. By 2007, he had already served 15 years in the Army and was about to retire — until the military encouraged him to reenlist. (Photo Credit: Ameriforce)

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (AP)
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Soldiers from the California Army National Guard have been ordered to return enlistment bonuses they received a decade ago when the Pentagon needed troops for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (California Army National Guard)