enlisted Prior Service Bonus

UPDATED 05OCT2024

Retention office managers do not enlist Prior Service members, that is done by our Recruiting Team.

• This program can change anytime with very little notice to no notice.

• There are 3 Groups of Incentivized AFSCs. 

  • • • • HIGHLY CRITICAL

        • CRITICAL 

        • STATE LOCAL

• If your AFSC is listed, please be sure to read through the full description on this page.

• Point of Contact for current 133AW members is MSgt Jeffrey Sprick jeffrey.sprick.2@us.af.mil

• Point of Contact for New Recruits is their Recruiter.

Ref. FY25 Operational Guidance

Intent: To attract individuals with prior military service into critical specialties.

Minimum Eligibility Requirements: The requirements identified below are meant to provide a list of the minimum qualifications needed to offer a prior service bonus and execute a written agreement to enter this incentive.

To qualify for this incentive, applicants must:

• Have less than 16 years total military service from their Pay Date as of the date of their enlistment

• Enlist in the ANG for a period of six years in an incentive-eligible AFSC that is identified on the current NATIONAL ENLISTED INCENTIVE AFSC LIST or the current STATE LOCAL ENLISTED INCENTIVE AFSC LIST approved for the unit to which the applicant will be assigned

• Be assigned to an incentive-eligible AFSC that does not exceed the authorized assignment percentage maximum as prescribed in the FY25 Strength Management Initiatives

• Have completed all previous Military Service Obligation (MSO) (Source document DD214s/NGB22s)

• Agree to become a qualified 3-skill level in the AFSC. MILPDS screen of Projected/Completed training source document. (Refer to Administrative Requirements, Attachment 8)

• Member must not be in excess

• Not be a Palace Chase or Palace Front participant

• Not be entering directly from any branch/component of the Armed Forces, to include IRR and transfer from an ANG unit

• Not previously received, nor currently entitled to, a Selective Retention Bonus (SRB) or a Critical Skills Retention Bonus (CSRB)

• Not been in receipt of an affiliation, enlistment, reenlistment, retention, or transfer bonus for which the service obligation is not completed

• Provide DD-214s and/or NGB-22s for all previous periods of military service; all periods of service must be honorable

• Be a drill status member and not be enlisting to qualify for a full-time position where federal law requires membership in the ANG as a condition of employment (AGR or Technician)

• Possess a high school diploma or equivalent

• Not have received, or be entitled to receive, readjustment pay, severance pay, or separation pay from any component

• Execute the appropriate written agreement with an effective date that matches the date of enlistment