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Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith looks out from the stage at the Defense News Conference in Pentagon City on Sept. 7, 2022.

Being a Marine is enough of a bonus, No. 2 Marine Corps general says

"Your bonus is that you get to call yourself a Marine."

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

10 months ago

Marine aviation bonus ‘take rates’ are high, but pilot shortage likely to linger into 2023

The Corps’ shortfall of fighter pilots quadrupled from 6 percent to 24 percent from 2006 to 2017, according to the Government Accountability Office.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

New bonuses target senior Marine special operators

A Marine special operator with 20 years of service may rate a $50,000 bonus.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

The Corps is offering qualified pilots more than $200,000 in bonuses

Aviators who sign a six-year contract can choose a lump sum of $178,500.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

MEDAL: Pentagon admits mistake in disputed California Guard bonuses

The Defense Department decided that it will not force some 17,000 California National Guard soldiers to repay enlistment bonuses and other payments that they received a decade ago due to a payroll-related snafu.

By Military Times Editors

6 years ago

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