The Marines are offering expanded bonuses for affiliation with a Marine Corps Reserve drilling unit. A summary follows:
Prior-service corporals, sergeants and staff sergeants who join a unit within three years of leaving active duty will get a $15,000 bonus.
Enlisted Marines already assigned to a drilling unit who re-enlist for three years will garner $7,500 for a first-time re-enlistment and $6,000 for subsequent re-enlistments. Such re-enlistments include a supplementary “kicker” of up to $350 monthly under the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR).
High school graduates who agree to serve in drilling units for six years after completing initial pipeline training, plus an additional two years in the Individual Ready Reserve, will receive a $20,000 bonus. They also will be eligible for the $350 MGIB-SR kicker.
Company-grade officers who left the active component within the last three years and join a drilling unit in fiscal 2008 will be eligible for a $10,000 affiliation bonus.
MarAdmins 567/07, 568/07, 572/07 and 573/07 apply to enlisted Marines, and MarAdmin 566/07 applies to officers.
