{"id":21841,"date":"2023-02-16T20:18:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/16\/do-recruits-need-bonuses-no-2-marine-expands-on-viral-remark\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:07:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:07:44","slug":"do-recruits-need-bonuses-no-2-marine-expands-on-viral-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/digital-show-dailies\/2023\/02\/16\/do-recruits-need-bonuses-no-2-marine-expands-on-viral-remark\/","title":{"rendered":"Do recruits need bonuses? No. 2 Marine expands on viral remark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many Marines have angrily responded on social media to the assistant commandant\u2019s remarks at a conference Tuesday in San Diego on who deserves bonuses, but the general stressed on Wednesday that he wasn\u2019t directing his comments to those in uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Corps\u2019 second-in-command said at the West conference Tuesday that the only enlistment bonus Marines need is the title of Marine, the response within the room was supportive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour bonus is that you get to call yourself a Marine,\u201d Assistant Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said, in the context of the Corps\u2019 recruiting challenges. \u201cThat\u2019s your bonus. \u2026 There\u2019s no dollar amount that goes with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crowd applauded and whooped.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/home\/2023\/02\/14\/being-a-marine-is-enough-of-a-bonus-no-2-marine-corps-general-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Eric-Smith-DN-Conf-22-2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Being a Marine is enough of a bonus, No. 2 Marine Corps general says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">&quot;Your bonus is that you get to call yourself a Marine.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as news of the remark spread across social media, reactions were less positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not gonna lie to you, not a whole lot of us get paid enough to do 7 mile flak-and-kevlar log runs every week,\u201d wrote Reddit user Thermock in the r\/USMC group, known as a subreddit, in one representative comment. \u201cOr working 15 hours a day over some unimportant bullshit 1stSgt wants done. Or dealing with the God-forsaken medical facilities we have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith told Marine Corps Times on Wednesday there\u2019s an important distinction between enlistment bonuses for recruits and retention bonuses for those who are already Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Marines who have earned that eagle, globe and anchor, you\u2019re not who I was talking to,\u201d he said. \u201cYou, I want to give a bonus to. You, I want to make sure you have incentive pays and promotions. But please don\u2019t confuse those who wish to earn the title and those who have already done so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the general public considers the Marine Corps to be the most prestigious branch (at least per <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/170657\/americans-say-army-important-branch-defense.aspx\">a 2014 Gallup poll<\/a>), the most common reason young people would consider joining the military is pay, a <a href=\"https:\/\/jamrs.defense.gov\/Portals\/20\/Documents\/YP51Fall2021PUBLICRELEASEPropensityUpdate.pdf?ver=FE5vDYeDzsgNRbEssX3Z4g%3d%3d\">fall 2021 Pentagon study<\/a> found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps offers thousands of dollars in bonuses for those who enlist for a few in-demand roles, a fact Smith briefly mentioned in his speech Tuesday and reiterated to Marine Corps Times Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, recruits can get bonuses of $8,000 for signing up for an electronics maintenance contract, $5,000 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/08\/22\/the-corps-is-giving-5000-to-recruits-who-go-infantry-for-six-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">a six-year infantry contract<\/a> and $3,000 for a supply, accounting, and legal contract, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/Messages\/Messages-Display\/Article\/3198380\/fy23-enlistment-incentive-programs\/\">a Marine administrative message from October 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the Corps offers many other kinds of bonuses, including retention bonuses. In January, it announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/01\/19\/marine-corps-shelling-out-up-to-9k-in-bonuses-to-keep-recruiters\/\">bonuses of up to $750 a month for recruiters<\/a> who extend their tours, on top of preexisting bonus pay for Marines on recruiting duty. Aircraft maintenance Marines can qualify for bonuses (and kickers) totaling tens of thousands of dollars over the term of their reenlistment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Counterintelligence Marines who agree to a lateral move and reenlist for 72 months can get a $55,000 job-specific bonus and a $40,000 kicker for a total of $95,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Marine Corps does not offer recruitment incentives on par with the Navy, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/08\/11\/navy-offers-future-sailors-veterans-up-to-115000-in-enlistment-loan-repayment-incentives\/\">offers maximum enlistment bonuses of $50,000<\/a> and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/06\/navy-lowers-entrance-exam-requirements-in-bid-to-get-more-recruits\/\">lowered its entrance exam requirements<\/a> in an effort to gain more recruits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith said that\u2019s because the Marine Corps, as a particularly elite branch, needs recruits who really want to become Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t want them thinking that we\u2019re going to buy your loyalty,\u201d he said of those considering joining the Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the military services had a hard time filling their ranks last year, with the Army, Navy and Air Force falling short in at least some of their recruitment goals. 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