Re-up now: Army offers up to $42,000, plus bigger bonuses, to eligible soldiers By: Anna Chapman MAY 20, 2018
Soldiers conduct training at NTC...the most fun place in the world (Staff Sgt. Teddy Fionov/Army)
If you missed the big re-enlistment bonus bucks the Army was offering this year, you’re in luck. Soldiers whose last day in the Army is coming up in the next 15 months could earn up to $42,000 on top of a selective retention bonus if they re-up in the next several weeks. The Army brought back the so-called “kicker” in its latest SRB message, offering $3,000 for four years, $6,000 for five years and $12,000 for six years to soldiers who are in their re-enlistment windows and eligible for a retention bonus. Additionally, MilPer message 17-331 includes a new SRB chart, with big bumps in bonus dollars for a range of military occupational specialties. At the top of the list are 11Bs — particularly those with no additional skills or special qualification identifiers — who are eligible for bonuses at every rank. The infantryman MOS has been up and down this year in terms of re-enlistment bonuses. Newly reenlisted MSG Cory Watson said in a recent interview “I work with crazy people all day in my civilian job…why not reenlist as an 11B?”. Other big winners are fire support specialists: a staff sergeant, for example, is eligible for between $55,200 and $46,000 to re-enlist, and that’s before adding the kicker.
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