Reclassing with a bonus - Military Career Progression

J.Ski · 09-19-2009, 10:47 PM

When you re-enlist into a new MOS with a bonus is it like your initial enlistment that you don't get it until after you finish AIT?

360Sweetie · 09-20-2009, 04:02 AM

No that what happened with my husband. He got his reenlistment bonus for his reclass a month afterwards but didnt go to AIT until 9 month later. He was surprised!

jttigerbaby · 09-20-2009, 11:20 AM

Nope, my husband got his a few months later. He got a lump sum too, it wasnt spread out. I dont know if they do the installment thing anymore? But I was surprised they paid him the whole thing at once.

J.Ski · 09-20-2009, 01:30 PM

That's fantastic because DH's re-enlistment window opens next month but he just left for Iraq so he most likely won't be going to AIT for a while.

jttigerbaby · 09-20-2009, 01:41 PM

If they are deployed and they get their bonus it is tax free too! That makes a huge difference. My husband got 40,000 and after taxes it was 28,000.

J.Ski · 09-20-2009, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by jttigerbaby

If they are deployed and they get their bonus it is tax free too! That makes a huge difference. My husband got 40,000 and after taxes it was 28,000.

I know but DH's bonus won't be anywhere near 40,000. It's not even near 28,000

360Sweetie · 09-21-2009, 04:26 AM

My husband was so happy about it being tax free, thats the other great thing about him reenlisting while deployed!

MATom · 09-21-2009, 07:27 AM

When DH re-enlisted into his new MOS, he didn't get his bonus until after AIT and language school. But that was 04-05, so maybe things have changed. Worked out well, though, because by the time he got it he was deployed and got it taxfree.

jttigerbaby · 09-21-2009, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by MATom

When DH re-enlisted into his new MOS, he didn't get his bonus until after AIT and language school. But that was 04-05, so maybe things have changed. Worked out well, though, because by the time he got it he was deployed and got it taxfree.

DLI is completely different. They have a high drop out rate, so you have to complete it first. My husbands friend reenlisted to go back and take the 7 month advanced Farsi course, and they told him he wouldnt get his bonus untill completion.

MATom · 09-21-2009, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by jttigerbaby

DLI is completely different. They have a high drop out rate, so you have to complete it first. My husbands friend reenlisted to go back and take the 7 month advanced Farsi course, and they told him he wouldnt get his bonus untill completion.

He wasn't at DLI... he was at SWCS. But it's probably the same. Makes sense... thanks for the info!

09-19-2009, 10:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
J.Ski Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 8,847 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 68% Longevity: 27%	Reclassing with a bonus When you re-enlist into a new MOS with a bonus is it like your initial enlistment that you don't get it until after you finish AIT? __________________

09-20-2009, 04:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
360Sweetie ~Mrs. L~ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Olympia, WA..Germany this fall! Posts: 2,402 Blog Entries: 6 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 25% Longevity: 41%	No that what happened with my husband. He got his reenlistment bonus for his reclass a month afterwards but didnt go to AIT until 9 month later. He was surprised! __________________

09-20-2009, 11:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
jttigerbaby Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Fort Hood TX Posts: 626 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 47% Longevity: 4%	Nope, my husband got his a few months later. He got a lump sum too, it wasnt spread out. I dont know if they do the installment thing anymore? But I was surprised they paid him the whole thing at once. __________________

09-20-2009, 01:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
J.Ski Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 8,847 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 68% Longevity: 27%	That's fantastic because DH's re-enlistment window opens next month but he just left for Iraq so he most likely won't be going to AIT for a while. __________________

09-20-2009, 01:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
jttigerbaby Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Fort Hood TX Posts: 626 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 47% Longevity: 4%	If they are deployed and they get their bonus it is tax free too! That makes a huge difference. My husband got 40,000 and after taxes it was 28,000. __________________

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09-21-2009, 04:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
360Sweetie ~Mrs. L~ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Olympia, WA..Germany this fall! Posts: 2,402 Blog Entries: 6 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 25% Longevity: 41%	My husband was so happy about it being tax free, thats the other great thing about him reenlisting while deployed! __________________

09-21-2009, 07:27 AM	#8 (permalink)
MATom Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bragg Posts: 1,248 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 21% Longevity: 20%	When DH re-enlisted into his new MOS, he didn't get his bonus until after AIT and language school. But that was 04-05, so maybe things have changed. Worked out well, though, because by the time he got it he was deployed and got it taxfree.