Bonuses Up To $150K Offered To Vets

[Robbien]

Source: AP

DENVER -- The Army, which has already given hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to recruit soldiers and get veterans to re-enlist, will be offering incentives of up to $150,000 to senior special forces members nearing retirement.

Karen Linne, spokeswoman for Fort Carson, said the bonuses are being offered Army-wide, and that bonuses have traditionally been used to try to keep skilled people beyond their retirement dates.

. . .

Veterans of other groups also are being offered thousands of dollars to re-enlist, based on their skill and length of service. The so-called "enhanced selective re-enlistment bonus" program offers $1,500 to $33,000, according to a list published in Army Times.

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The Army has several programs aimed at competing with Blackwater and other companies who provide security, often ex-soldiers, but at much higher pay than the Army can offer.

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[razors edge]

1. It's just your money,

they print it every day, and night.:shrug:

[JohnnyLib2]

2. But there is no retention problem.

:sarcasm:

[Rageneau]

3. Congress should stop funding these ridiculous bonuses!

Maybe Dem Pols can justify voting for War Supplementals on the basis of keeping troops supplied with Kevlar and uparmored humvees, but there is NO reason to waste so much taxpayer money in attempts to purchase the loyalty of our soldiers. That's nothing but mercenariness.

When the cause is just, no bonuses are needed to encourage re-enlistment.

Wen the cause is not just, no bonuses should be paid to continue it.

[rurallib]

4. No kidding. This looks like a good spot for the pay-go strategy

If you can't pay for it, you can't do it. Time to raise them taxes.

[iaviate1]

5. At least the "little" people are finally seeing some monetary gain...

Why not... everybody else is? I don't oppose this at all. With that said, we do need to get out NOW and reduce our military size and spending.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Is that for a one-way or round trip deployment?

[olddad56]

7. why not bring the troops home and let Haliburton hire blackwater.

[0007]

11. We better dissolve Blackwater ASAP - Before junior gets the

bright idea to lead the country after his term.

[Socal31]

8. Instead of borrowing a bunch of $ from China,

and funding our war/bribing our troops to stay, why cant we just hire the Red Army as Mercs?

[fortyfeetunder]

9. Is this part of the surge?

How to find more troops?

[krkaufman]

10. Ha! Outsourcing to private contractors has saved us SO much money.

So very broken.

[tom_paine]

12. No amount of bribe would be enough for me to betray my oath to the Constitution

Being in Bush's Amermacht, at best, means collaboration with a King, and lies. At worst, it is serving evil.

No, I am afraid $150,000 or $150,000,000 is insuficient inducement for THAT.

[Vinca]

13. What good is $150K if your entire life is spent in Iraq?

What good is it if you're dead?

[Joe Bacon]

14. I wonder how many will actually receive anywhere near that amount!

My nephew was lured into the Navy by all these big bonuses, but when it came time to collect, well, they sure did get quite cheap on him. I bet this is yeat another Bait and Switch authorized by GEORGE OF THE BUNGLE®