Friday, June 10, 2005
More bad military news.
From Yahoo News:
The Army wants to double the top cash bonus for new recruits to $40,000 in an effort to stem a continued recruiting shortfall in the midst of the Iraq war.
From Daily Kos:The Army wants to double the top cash bonus for new recruits to $40,000 in an effort to stem a continued recruiting shortfall in the midst of the Iraq war.
As another incentive, the Army is proposing a pilot program to provide up to $50,000 in home mortgage help for recruits who sign up for eight years of active duty, Lt. Col. Thomas Collins said in an interview Thursday. Congress must approve both plans.
The $40,000 bonuses would apply only to a limited number of hard-to-fill and still-undetermined jobs, Collins said.
The Army raised bonuses for some jobs to $20,000 in 1999. It has steadily made more jobs eligible for bonuses this year as the recruiting shortfall has deepened.
The story notes the Army is on pace to miss its annual recruitment target by 14,000. That's an entire Army division.
