{"id":40495,"date":"2019-06-11T21:31:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T21:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/11\/why-the-navy-just-slashed-reenlistment-bonuses\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:33:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:33:54","slug":"why-the-navy-just-slashed-reenlistment-bonuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/06\/11\/why-the-navy-just-slashed-reenlistment-bonuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Navy just slashed reenlistment bonuses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you don\u2019t jump to snatch Selective Reenlistment Bonus bucks, you might lose out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDue to the high number of SRB takers in Fiscal Year 2019 to date, many skills are approaching or have already met their SRB quotas,\u201d wrote Vice Adm. John B. Nowell, Jr.<\/a>, the Navy\u2019s top uniformed personnel officer in Tuesday\u2019s NavAdmin 129\/19<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new chief of naval personnel announced cuts to awards across the three reenlistment zones, moves that will slash incentive payments for 88 skills in 20 ratings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another 14 skills in 10 ratings are eliminated for the remainder of the fiscal year and no additional incentive payments were announced in the update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For bonus purposes, a \u201cskill\u201d is either a navy rating or a rating combined with a Navy Enlisted Classification code denoting more specific skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following longstanding Navy policy, the sea service won\u2019t reduce the payments for 30 days, giving sailors who have yet to sign up a last chance to receive a bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that 30-day grace period won\u2019t affect 102 skills in 34 ratings that previously shut down their SRB payments when each met their fiscal year retention goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\t