Recruiting pays for Guardsmen - $94,000 [View All]

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Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 04/16/07
BY ELLIOTT MINOR
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sgt. Dana Kline of Macon, Ga., is so good at recruiting new National Guard soldiers that he's set to make a small fortune -- $94,000 in bonuses.

Kline has managed to get 47 recruits over 11 months, earning him Georgia's Meritorious Service Medal and, so far, the highest bonus paid to anyone through the Guard Recruiting Assistance Program.

Through the program, Guard members are offered a $1,000 bonus for every person they sign up and another $1,000 when the recruit ships out to basic training. The program is credited with bringing in 25,000 new Guard members since its launch 15 months ago.

"Kline is the highest in the group," said Col. Mike Jones, chief of the recruiting and retention division of the National Guard Bureau in Washington. "But there are some folks who are on his heels."