Many men deserted to join another U.S. unit and get a second enlistment bonus.
Despite enlistment bonuses, it has had to speed up its reporting schedules, sending new recruits straight into basic training.
The military is not in the habit of offering enlistment bonuses to people on walkers.
A major scam at the time was for a man to sign up for the Army and collect an enlistment bonus.
With enlistment bonuses and better pay and conditions, our forces have grown and increased greatly.
Nor have larger enlistment bonuses plugged the gap.
The Army had to offer generous new enlistment bonuses of up to $40,000 to attract recruits into such dangerous jobs as operating convoys in Iraq.
In many cases the military offered enlistment bonuses to people who signed up for jobs that were already overfilled.
(He compared the negotiating process for his enlistment bonus to plea-bargaining.)
Each photo listed the recruit's name, age, high school or college from which he or she had been recruited, and his or her enlistment bonus.