Guard Seeks $15,000 Bonus for Soldiers Who Sign Up ; Active-Duty Troops Sought to Fill Gaps
The Columbian (January 26, 2005)
Author: Robert Burns, Associated Press Writer
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WASHINGTON Looking for new ways to bolster its thinning ranks, the Army National Guard is seeking legal authority to offer $15,000 bonuses to active-duty soldiers willing to join the Guard up from $50 now.
Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told reporters Tuesday that the Guard is 15,000 soldiers below its normal strength of 350,000, and he expects further short-term declines despite recent gains from tripling re-enlistment bonuses for Guardsmen deployed abroad.Guard Seeks $15,000 Bonus for Soldiers Who Sign Up ; Active-Duty Troops Sought to Fill Gaps
If the Guard fails to return to its normal troop level of 350,000 by the end of the budget y...
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