Changes coming to retention bonus program

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Motor transport specialist is among four specialties to be removed from the Critical Skills Retention Bonus program.


Changes coming to retention bonus program
By Jim Tice - [e-mail]
Posted : Monday Mar 9, 2009 18:22:48 EDT

Four specialties will be removed from the Critical Skills Retention Bonus program March 13, leaving only a dozen high-priority MOS that qualify career soldiers for service extension incentives of $18,000 to $150,000.

Changes to the Critical Skills Retention Bonus program that take effect Friday will update eligibility criteria that has been in effect since December.

Soldiers affected by the cuts have until March 13 to re-enlist for the higher rates.

Specialties being dropped from the program are 35F intelligence analyst, 35M human intelligence collector, 79R recruiter and 88M motor transport specialist.

The newly revised program will include nine special operations MOSes, and one specialty each in the military intelligence, signal and ordnance career management fields.


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