Qualified Active Duty recruits may be eligible for a combination of bonuses up to $40,000.

Qualified Army Reserve recruits may be eligible for a combination of bonuses up to $20,000.

Active Duty and Army Reserve applicants may be rewarded for their civilian educational experience.

Qualified applicants who enlist for two or more years in any Army Military Occupational Specialty may receive one of the following bonuses for civilian education:

• Bachelor's degree—$8,000
• Associate or two-year degree—$7,000
• High school graduates with 60 or more college semester hours—$6,000
• High school graduates with 30 to 59 college semester hours—$3,000

Qualified applicants who possess civilian skills that the Army needs—such as proficiency in certain foreign languages, X-Ray certification or specialties in animal care—may be eligible for a $5,000 bonus.

Qualified Army Reserve applicants who already have civilian skills that the Army Reserve needs and enlist for six years in a critical skill specialty may be eligible for a $20,000 bonus.

Soldiers who enlist for and complete Officer Candidate School (OCS) in an eligible Area of Concentration may receive the following bonus. Also, non-prior service candidates are now eligible for the Loan Repayment Program.

• Up to $10,000 bonus payable upon successful completion of OCS training and commissioning.

Individuals who speak certain Middle-Eastern languages and enlist as Translator Aides in the U.S. Army Individual Ready Reserve are eligible for a $10,000 enlistment bonus or $20,000 for enlistment into the Selected Reserve.

Individuals without previous military service who enlist for 09L in the active Army may be eligible for an Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program (ACASP) bonus of $5,000, which can be combined, with other bonuses up to $40,000.