Bonuses offered to switch to recruiting, intel

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Bonuses offered to switch to recruiting, intel
By Jim Tice - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Nov 7, 2007 19:06:12 EST

The Army continues to offer special bonuses to soldiers in over-strength military occupational specialties who transfer to recruiting or intelligence collection duties.

The bonuses of $2,000 and $4,000 are offered under the MOS Bonus Conversion Program, a targeted incentive system that the Army launched in April.

The bonuses are designed to attract soldiers of the regular Army into priority specialties that have manning requirements for mid-ranks NCOs.

A soldier who volunteers for the program must be a staff sergeant with less than 10 years of service, or a sergeant and below, regardless of years of service.

Additionally, applicants must meet qualifications for the requested MOS, and agree to serve in the specialty for at least three years.

Lump-sum bonuses will be paid upon successful completion of transition training, and the removal of additional skill identifier “4A” (reclassification training) from their personnel file.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/11/army_overstrength_071107w/



uhc comment: Wow! A whole $4,000 for another three years? I wonder how that's going.....