Army offers highest bonuses in years (Air Force, Navy, reserve, Marines)
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$10,000 for new enlistments to airborne positions, $20k for ranger pursuits, and the max is reserved for the longer, 6 year enlistments. It’s encouraging for the Army to take quick action to stay in the pool of possibilities for competitive recruits. The selection of duty stations is one of the firsts here. Sure there are strings but it’s being advertised as a possibility. Also the return of the 2- year enlistments. A high number of jobs, 84, have an option for a quick 24 month initial enlistment.
I was only ever able to get $65,000 to re-enlist every four years. When I retired in 2001, that year they bumped the re-enlistment cap to $90,000. Imagine $90,000 every four years of your career.
I was only ever able to get $65,000 to re-enlist every four years. When I retired in 2001, that year they bumped the re-enlistment cap to $90,000. Imagine $90,000 every four years of your career.
65k! Nice!
I re-enlisted twice in the Marines for about 35k each time. The 2nd one was for 6 years. About a year after that an injury and a poor eval left me at a terminal rank (no more promotions) with 10 years in.
Around 1990 there was an early out program with a cash payment and I eagerly jumped on it. They recouped my bonus from that.
I went back to school on the GI bill, got a waiver for the old injury and commissioned in the Army. My final out payment from 1992 was recouped from my Army retirement pay in 2013.
Boy, times have changed. When I was discharged in late 1959, if I remember correctly, if I had reenlisted for 6 years, I would have got 6 months pay. I think I was making about 240 per month as an E5 drawing P1 pay.
Wonder if they have a break down on bonuses according to MOS? Saw this story before and that “up to” quote tells me that high dollar number is for specific fields that are hard to fill and if you don’t make the cut then your bonus is reduced greatly.
Wonder if they have a break down on bonuses according to MOS? Saw this story before and that “up to” quote tells me that high dollar number is for specific fields that are hard to fill and if you don’t make the cut then your bonus is reduced greatly.
In the US Navy SRB [Selective Re-enlistment Bonuses] are always NEC specific.
During the Clinton administration, he had us go through a huge drawdown process. I remember sitting in an auditorium where they were explaining to us which rates were being offered cash to get out. There was a negotiation process also for guys over 15 years to get a partial pension, and I seem to remember a cash bonus of around $30,000 to leave Active Duty.
I remember on the same day as when I attended that briefing I later went by the Career Counselors office and I checked on my SRB creo grouping, they were offering me significantly more to re-enlist.
I thought it is kind of funny. That they were offering a cash bonus for any of us to get out, and at the same time offering some of us a much larger cash bonus to stay in.
At that point I had already decided to stay for 20 and to get my pension.
In the US Navy SRB [Selective Re-enlistment Bonuses] are always NEC specific.
During the Clinton administration, he had us go through a huge drawdown process. I remember sitting in an auditorium where they were explaining to us which rates were being offered cash to get out. There was a negotiation process also for guys over 15 years to get a partial pension, and I seem to remember a cash bonus of around $30,000 to leave Active Duty.
I remember on the same day as when I attended that briefing I later went by the Career Counselors office and I checked on my SRB creo grouping, they were offering me significantly more to re-enlist.
I thought it is kind of funny. That they were offering a cash bonus for any of us to get out, and at the same time offering some of us a much larger cash bonus to stay in.
At that point I had already decided to stay for 20 and to get my pension.
That slaughtered my unit at the time. The quirk about the Air Force was that Air Force military life was fairly comfortable, which meant the retention rates were high, which meant promotions were slow. So, 15-year E-5s were pretty common in the Air Force. They made up the bulk of the real workforce, the bulk of our OJT trainers.
So when those folk were offered retirements, that cut through us like a scythe. A lot of units, including mine, were left with trainees and supervisors.
In the US Navy SRB [Selective Re-enlistment Bonuses] are always NEC specific.
During the Clinton administration, he had us go through a huge drawdown process. I remember sitting in an auditorium where they were explaining to us which rates were being offered cash to get out. There was a negotiation process also for guys over 15 years to get a partial pension, and I seem to remember a cash bonus of around $30,000 to leave Active Duty.
I remember on the same day as when I attended that briefing I later went by the Career Counselors office and I checked on my SRB creo grouping, they were offering me significantly more to re-enlist.
I thought it is kind of funny. That they were offering a cash bonus for any of us to get out, and at the same time offering some of us a much larger cash bonus to stay in.
At that point I had already decided to stay for 20 and to get my pension.
I was in the Navy during that time (1990-1998). At one point we had to go ship to ship begging for spare parts to get the ship ready for deployment. Quite a few took the early out.
Well, becoming a paratrooper, or ranger is not easy. Most will wash out. Or is this bonus just for trying?
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