Why is the military willing to shell out more money for a new recruit that knows nothing, than to someone thinking about re-enlisting who knows the job already. It seems to me that would be the better deal.
2007-02-14 13:17:27 · 10 answers · asked by Scuba Steve 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
im sure your reason is legit, to be honest i think its more for re enlistment than just enlisted
2007-02-14 13:20:20 · answer #1 · answered by Evil Man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on several factors. Is the army currently short in that MOS? Etc.. It also depends on the time of the fiscal year, after October when the new fiscal year starts the bonus money will be around again. Typically the re-enlistment bonus money that the Army has is spent by about March or April. So it's probably best if he waits till Oct to see what bonuses are available.
2016-03-29 06:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
serving as a retention NCO from 2001 until 2006, it seems the thing is getting soldiers in the military that is very important. see once in most soldiers get into seeing how important the job is and is consumed with love for country, pride in his job and people whom you work with. from there you have the opportunity to advance( funny but the military is the only institution where everybody is groomed to become a supervisor no matter who they are or what. kinda scary sometimes). see any one who has been in a few duty stations get used to moving to different places every few years and seeing places they would not be able to if not in the military, it is truly an interesting lifestyle. being up all night, little sleep, guard duty, eating some sometimes awful food, seeing people get promoted who no one feels deserves it, being out in the cold on the ground every morning and night, being out in the desert where you can see stars every where because there are no lights to compete with them, the joy of coming home to your family, and knowing that you are protecting the freedoms of every american at home working and sleeping and taking for granted the freedoms we are doing this stuff for, and you have someone who enjoys his job and will reenlist three times and get $3000 for all of them combined. it is much easier to keep someone who has a chance to stay in and become a leader and train these kids who waste their bonus (getting screwed at some car dealership right outside post, and we have to help him get straightened out). the fact is we know the job and are not ready to step out in uncertainty, while joe off the street hears all the negative stuff and requires a much bigger incentive to allow him to get our mindset and BAM now he's complaining about the new kids who got these crazy bonuses. lastly it goes by which jobs are in high demand, some of those jobs whether new soldier or been in a while, are needed more and so they get big bonuses to fill those spots. it is always changing, depending on what job is really needed to fill out those critical jobs.
2007-02-14 14:46:41 · answer #3 · answered by michael m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the job, the military does offer re-enlistment bonuses.
2007-02-14 13:26:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My personal thought on this is that they know they can stop loss someone that's already in. When it was time for my husband to reup there were friends of his that got stop lossed and they didn't get the reenlistment bonus. He'd already decided to stay in and so he did get the bonus. But there were new guys (18-19 yr olds) that came in getting over twice what he did. That has not made him real happy. Every time we see on tv where they are talking about the bonuses he gets this vein that pops out of his head. I agree with you that it'd be better to pay someone to stay in but they also need to get fresh people in and so they use it is an incentive.
2007-02-14 13:36:47 · answer #5 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Making the amount more for re-enlistment would not effect the turn over rate very much,due to the fact that the soldiers that want to leave are set in there decision.Some want to start families and others want to further their civilian careers.
2007-02-14 13:33:01 · answer #6 · answered by warpigs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I reenlisted 3 times and got $20,000 each time. New recruits for my rate got nothing, nada, zip, wala, zilch.
2007-02-14 13:26:58 · answer #7 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know...not sure exactly what you are talking about.
I know when I was in (Navy) I was up for a SRB of 43,500 but new recruit only got 6,000.
2007-02-14 13:23:22 · answer #8 · answered by Susan S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on your MOS... look up what 18-series get for reenlistment...
2007-02-15 01:30:33 · answer #9 · answered by The Tin Man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they pay for experience to stay in
2007-02-14 13:23:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋