There are also age requirements when it comes to prior service, just like there are for new recruit enlistments, even though the age for prior service is often higher than joining the military for the first time. The age limits for prior service to join and all other recruits is as follows:. When you want to re-enlist, in order to get prior service, you must have 6-months of post basic-training experience at minimum.
You may have to go back to basic training even if you do have days in the military if you were still in AIT or ADT. In the Army, other branch members except for the Marine Corps will have to attend a special course. Marines will only have to do the course if they have spent more than three years out of service. The Coast Guard is a special case in which a non-Coast Guard branch that has served 2 or more years of active duty service will only have to go to a day basic camp, while anyone else with less than two years will have to do the full training course.
However, when it comes to most branches there are things to know. Keep in mind, some of these conditions may occur while you were in service the first time, or after you got out, but they may still disqualify you:. Justin Williams is a certified Microsoft Specialist and U. Army Veteran. Even the bonuses for special tactics airmen, while still in effect, have been trimmed slightly from last year.
The list of retention bonuses can be found here. Stephen Losey is the air warfare reporter at Defense News. He previously reported for Military. Before that, he covered U. Air Force leadership, personnel and operations for Air Force Times. Your Air Force. By Stephen Losey. Dec 15, An Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, operates the canopy of his parachute while conducting a high altitude, high opening military free fall jump working with a CJ Super Hercules flown by the th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in March Pararescuemen are among the career fields still eligible for enlisted retention bonuses under a sharply curtailed program this year.
Now, retention bonuses might be cut The Air Force stresses that no involuntary measures are being considered in fiscal Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a hand grenade blast in Vietnam and went on to represent his native Georgia in the U. Military families and retirees will be paying more for Tricare in , but thankfully the price increase is relatively small Military News.
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