Retired Troop Nets Cash Assisting Recruiting

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Retired Troop Nets Cash Assisting Recruiting

Guard program has paid out $143M since its inception
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Feb 8, 2009 8:47:12 EST

Travis DeVall spent 17 of his 20 years in the Army and National Guard as a recruiter, bringing more than 600 people into the service.

DeVall, 41, retired as a master sergeant in September 2006, but that hasn’t stopped him from recruiting.

In fact, he has recruited at least 112 more new soldiers since retirement — and earned a cool $192,000, and possibly up to $32,000 more, in the process. His success has made him the top producer in the Guard Recruiting Assistance Program.

“I’m kind of an RA on steroids,” he said.

DeVall is one of more than 170,900 Guard soldiers and retirees who participate in the program, also known as G-RAP, which hands out payments for bringing in recruits. It was unveiled in December 2005, and more than 84,200 new soldiers have been recruited into the Guard through the program. It has become the source of almost half of the Guard’s monthly accessions.

So far this fiscal year, G-RAP has netted 10,553 new soldiers for the Guard.

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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/02/army_devall_GRAP_020809w/%2e

GRAP website:
http://www.guardrecruitingassistant.com/air/index.php

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