Reserve RPs eligible for $20K bonus

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Reserve RPs eligible for $20K bonus
By Chris Amos - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Feb 12, 2008 17:55:25 EST

Active-duty sailors and civilians who agree to serve six years in the Navy Reserve as assistants for chaplains who serve Marine combat units can pocket $20,000 in bonus money.

The money will only be available to religious programming specialists who have completed a six-week course that certifies them as Marine Basic Combat Skills Specialists — infantry training that enables them to serve as chaplains’ bodyguards in combat zones.

The bonus, paid in a lump sum to sailors in frequently mobilized ratings, was offered last year to those agreeing to serve in the special warfare, masters at arms, hospital corpsman field medical service technician, intelligence specialists and builder ratings. It was extended to religious programming specialists by a naval administrative message released Monday.

Those leery of a six-year commitment can pocket $10,000 for a three-year hitch, and after that commitment ends, they can take an additional $7,500 for another three-year enlistment.

Sailors in ratings deemed slightly less critical, including minemen, aviation warfare systems operators, cryptologic technicians, other hospital corpsmen and several aircrew naval enlisted classifications, can pocket a $10,000 bonus for a six-year enlistment or a $5,000 bonus for their first three-year enlistment, and another $3,000 if they elect to re-enlist for a second three-year enlistment.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/02/navy_reserve_bonus_080212w/



uhc comment: I took a blast of six in 1967 for $10,000 and ended up in Nam twice. Bad move.