Anyone else seeing join the Army advertisements.....with a $40,000 bonus???

[a kennedy]

I think I'm seeing more then usual.....or is it just me??

[Tiggeroshii]

1. Wonder a re enlistment bonus would look like...

[Docreed2003]

2. I'm getting them all the time in pop ups online

And in mailers through the post office. I'm in a bit of a different situation as a physician and prior service in the Navy, but I've certainly seen an uptick in the amount of ads and mailers lately.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I never knew you were a real doctor.

[Docreed2003]

5. Lol...yep...not just on TV...;-)

Surgeon actually, FWIW

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. General surgeon?

[Docreed2003]

9. Yep

[emulatorloo]

11. My cardiologist friend says y'all are the real surgeons

He refers to himself as a humble plumber rather than a real surgeon

[Docreed2003]

12. Lmao...that's pretty funny...

Especially considering a big part of what I do is essentially plumbing, i.e. Bowel surgery!

[rusty quoin]

4. I wonder if the other branches offer it too.

[GP6971]

6. Watch the reenlistment bonuses

that's the real story.

[TheDebbieDee]

8. The Army attaches lots of caveats to their bonuses...

You don't the whole bonus at one time - the Army doles out the bonus in increments. A soldier would get half of their bonus on the first anniversary of their enlistment - if the soldier has successfully completed basic training, passed a PT test and completed their AIT. The balance of the bonus ($20k) would be doled out on each successive anniversary of enlistment ($4k per year) provided the soldier is not overweight, is not in trouble and has passed a PT test...

[Grassy Knoll]

10. Go Deplorables, The Front Line Death Rate Is Fake News..

,,,

[lpbk2713]

13. "Uncle Sam wants you"

... to fuck up your life.

[Doreen]

14. What they need to do in those adds is ask if you want to be trumps

little warriors and die on whatever is at the moment for him. Also next to the ads needs to be the documents of soldiers who had to pay their bonuses back.