Posted on Apr 25, 2019
Melanie Rehkamp
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I was wondering if anyone knows how long it takes to recieve the reenlistment bonus? My husband reenlisted on April 12th and it says on his les congrats on reenlistment, no pay amount for bonus but ets date has changed.
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I’ve only ever received 1, but I had it in less than 30 days. Talking to others that seems to be about the timeframe if all is submitted correctly.
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SFC Retention Operations Nco
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It takes a month. You won't see it on his LES until after he's been paid.
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Melanie Rehkamp
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Thank you.
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SGT Nicholas M.
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Tell him to stay in touch with his Retention NCO. They may not have submitted the SRB paperwork in time for it to reflect on this months LES. I believe the cutoff day is the 18th or 20th of each month but I could be off. Retention NCO will probably just tell him, "if you don't see it reflect on this next LES, give me a call".
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I too am in the same boat for active duty. I have talked with a a friend that is a career counselor and showed me where the bonus says sent and stated it wouldn’t be much longer. Called DFAS just to see and they had stated that bonuses are extremely behind due to where they are processed at prior to reaching them and that they did not see anything in my record for a bonus to be paid out. I re-enlisted 1 April. I have received the leave I sold back, just no sight of the bonus. SFC (Join to see)
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SSG (Join to see) you'll get paid shortly. It hasn't even been a month yet. Plus it's a month from when the counselor confirms the bonus, which could be up to five days later, not the date of reenlistment.
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I understand that completely. I would like to believe dfas is wrong about the being so far behind thing just was a little unnerving to hear the person on the other line sayy that he hasn’t seen a bonus paid out in a while and they were told to tell soldiers calling in that it taking a a lot longer because of the group it goes to prior to themSFC (Join to see)
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SSG (Join to see) never trust DFAS when it comes to bonuses. They aren't tracking them until they receive them and they pay them immediately. Plus there's only one person who processes them. You'll probably get paid this week.
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