Are we going to war?

[Dill]

(07-16-2023, 11:15 AM)Synric Wrote: Alot less incentives. They gave me 62k to join and another 15k to reenlist plus the College benefits etc..

I remember when I was transitioning out I went the last 4 months to Active Reserve and the new reservists at the time didnt get any bonuses and more than one was forced into an MOS because of either ASVAB scores or a this other leadership test I didnt have to take ( I guess it was like if you find a $20 on the ground what do you do type of test). They were also told at the MEPs they could change MOS after 6 months lolol.

My Daughter did year one of ROTC and shes going to commit for her sophomore year and do the Direct SMP program which is nice no basic training or AIT lol.

Was that between 2003-08?

What was your MOS, by the way? I believe as late as '09 tank mechanics were getting 50,000+ bonuses to RE-enlist.

By 2011, the Army was downsizing and incentives went the other way for lots of folks.