Posted on Jun 19, 2015
SSG Human Resources Specialist
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Bonuses are not over incentivizing the forces because if you look at the Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) Milper Message 15-140 you would notice the MOS's that have been on this MILPER Message for over 7 years now are still there. Which gives Career Counselors like myself and other Leaders the indication that these MOS's are not being filled fast enough or the attrition rate is high. Another observation is that 7 years ago the Tier levels for the bonuses for MOS's across the Army have increased in a huge manner. For example EOD used to pay out all ranks at an average of Tier 7 to Tier 10 bonus; now there are no bonuses for EOD (89D) personnel at all. 7 years ago deployment bonuses were for Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait; Today there are no deployment bonuses for anyone. To answer the question the requirements are strict enough and they're about to get stricter in the next FY.
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There are usually MOS/rank requirements. What else is needed to make them stricter?
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I guess what I meant is we have Soldiers being retained who can barely pass the APFT, and then fail immediately after a reenlistment, or struggle maintaining HT/WT standards. Anyone that wants to reenlist and meets those MOS and grade requirements gets the bonus, but there's no validation as to whether or not they're the type of Soldier we should be looking to retain.
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SSG (Join to see) If they fail out they have to pay back the bonus. And barely passing is passing. It is hard when 60% Soldiers are being retained.
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