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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCyber network defender is one of the Army’s newest, and hottest, jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo Credit: Army<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, at the time an application is approved, soldiers cannot have more than 12 years of service, and must have completed all service obligations incurred as a result of accepting an enlistment, re-enlistment or retention bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Soldiers who are eligible for a Selective Retention Bonus as a result of their MOS transfer must choose between the SRB and the MOS-CB bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Federal law and regulations do not allow soldiers to receive dual bonuses for the same period of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Soldiers who participate in this program must agree to serve at least 36 months of continuous active duty upon award of the new MOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For specific program details, to include the availability of training seats, soldiers should contact their servicing career counselor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Career counselors also can assist soldiers in determining if they are eligible for accelerated promotions under the SMAPP program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Specialties included in the June update to SMAPP are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Promotion<\/strong> to sergeant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MOS 31D, Criminal Investigation Command (CID) special agent, a military police specialty for soldiers who investigate criminal allegations and offenses against the Army, including felony-level crimes, espionage, treason and terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MOS 35L, counterintelligence agent, a military intelligence specialty for soldiers who conduct, or assist in conducting, counterintelligence surveys and investigations to detect, identify, assess, counter, exploit and neutralize threats to the Army and national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MOS 29E, electronic warfare specialist, a high-tech specialty for soldiers who use electromagnetic energy to determine, exploit, reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MOS 12P, prime power production specialist, an engineer MOS for soldiers who work with power generation and distribution systems for theater commanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Promotion<\/strong> to staff sergeant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MOS 51C, acquisition, logistics and technology contracting NCO, a specialty for soldiers who provide operational and contingency contracting support to deployed forces and Defense Department agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MOS 25D, cyber network defender, a signal MOS being transitioned to the new Cyber branch. Soldiers must be conditionally accepted by the Signal Center of Excellence before taking the 25D in-service screening test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MOS 25E, electromagnetic spectrum manager, a signal MOS for soldiers who develop, produce and distribute the signal operating instructions for units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Automatic promotions to Sgt and SSgt avilable for some candidates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":84060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":15,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[84,12,15,70],"tags":[],"coauthors":[599],"class_list":["post-44524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-benefits","category-news","category-pay-benefits","category-your-army"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"UEQXAOCLPNEAFKXU73LFG7D73U","arc_canonical_url":"\/pay-benefits\/2015\/11\/22\/army-offers-reclass-bonuses-in-five-priority-moss\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n