• doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      That’d be a damn high bonus for nearly anyone going into the military. Not that recruiters are above lying about a bonus

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        That would be the lowest possible bonus these days. My sign on bonus was $72,000 in 2000 and the next year it jumped to $275,000 for my job in the Navy. It’s come back down to $75,000 from what I’ve heard, but I’ve been out since 2004

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          next year it jumped to $275,000 for my job in the Navy

          Was that pre or post 2001-09-11?

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        I mean, the USN is currently offering enlistment bonuses between $50k and $75k for anyone going down the nuke pipeline. The lie is probably that the $35k is for one specific rate he’ll never qualify for.

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            People who work with naval nuclear reactors, so the supercarriers and the submarine force. The US Navy is the largest US-based nuclear power plant operator, by reactor count