Navy engineering officers offered $50,000 bonus

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Navy engineering officers offered $50,000 bonus
By Lisa M. Novak, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Thursday, December 24, 2009

NAPLES, Italy — The Navy is now offering some of its junior engineering officers a $50,000 bonus if they sign up for another five years of active-duty service.

In a message released last week detailing the Critical Skills Retention Bonus program, the Navy said the offer is part of its effort to retain an adequate number of officers with certain skills.

"We need to keep a certain number of officers in, so this (bonus) is a means of retaining the right number," said Capt. John Coronado, community manager for the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps.

The program is open to lieutenants commissioned in the 2006 year group and near the end of their service obligation.

Reservists may also be eligible for the extra cash, but only if they have been approved for active-duty recall and are in the 2006 year group. Officers who have applied for conversion into the engineer corps may also be eligible for the bonus. However, their application will be put on hold until they are actually redesignated as CEC officers.


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