Army dropping additional re-up bonus

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Army dropping additional re-up bonus
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Thursday, February 26, 2009

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Army has ended an additional re-enlistment bonus that targeted soldiers whose contracts were set to expire this fiscal year after exceeding its retention goal.

More than 7,900 soldiers who had been slated to leave the Army before Oct. 1 have re-enlisted this fiscal year, beating the Army’s target by more than 700 soldiers, said Master Sgt. Michael Beaupre, retention operations noncommissioned officer in the directorate of military personnel management.

The total number of soldiers eligible for the bonus was not available Tuesday, said Sgt. Maj. Dean Drummond, senior Army career counselor.

In December, the Army announced that soldiers slated to leave active duty by Oct. 1 could be eligible to receive a re-enlistment bonus of up to $18,500.

That bonus was not part of the latest Armywide message outlining the Selective Re-Enlistment Bonus-Enhanced Program.


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