From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"George Sherwood"  wrote in message
news:pan.2006.01.28.21.58.20.408609{at}beernabeer.com...
> On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:43:12 -0500, Robert Comer wrote:
>
>>>Most that I
>>> signed off on were about $20-25K and usually for a 3 year enlistment.
>>
>> $25K is a hell of a lot more than I've ever got in a 3 year period out
>> here
>> in private industry...  (I'm an IT Manager.)
>
> And how many 6 months deployments have you made over that 6 month period?
> Are you telling me they don't deserve it?
>
> George

Oh absolutely they deserve it. Sso do those with over 14 years that are excluded

http://www.military.com/Resources/ResourcesContent/0,13964,30965,00.html#2

Reenlistment Bonus
If you are an armed forces servicemember you may be eligible for a
reenlistment bonus, provided:
  a.. You have completed at least 17 months of continuous active duty (other
than for training) but not more than fourteen years of active duty.
  b.. You are qualified in a military skill designated as critical by the
Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Homeland Security - with
respect to the Coast Guard.
  c.. You are not currently receiving special nuclear-training pay.
  d.. You reenlist or voluntarily extend your enlistment for a period of at
least three years.
  e.. You enlist in a regular component of the service concerned; or
continue in a reserve component of the service concerned. The bonus to be
paid may not exceed the lesser of the following amounts:
  a.. The product of 15 times the monthly rate of basic pay to which the
member was entitled at the time of the discharge or release of the member; and
  b.. The product of the number of years (or the monthly fractions thereof)
of the term of reenlistment or extension of enlistment of up to $90,000.

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