$150,000 bonus offered for some Special Forces

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$150,000 bonus offered for some Special Forces
By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Thursday, February 28, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Army is putting more re-enlistment cash on the line for an elite group of senior noncommissioned officers who offer the Army’s most sought-after skills.

The new Critical Skills Retention Bonuses posted by the Army this week includes 17 eligible specialties, including Special Forces soldiers in all categories who can take what equals the Army’s biggest bonus ever: $150,000 if they sign up to re-enlist for six more years.

That is the same maximum bonus the Army offered senior Special Forces NCOs in its last Critical Skills Retention Bonus, or CSRB, list, which had been in effect since May 2005.

For other skills sets, bonuses have doubled — in some cases, from $50,000 for the maximum six-year re-enlistment to $100,000, in a lump-sum payment.

In the past, NCOs with some 15 years of service were considered “lifers” who didn’t need cash incentives to stay in the service.


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