Air defense offers new warrants $60K bonuses as the branch expands
Kyle Rempfer
The Army’s air defense artillery branch is working to attract new warrant officers by dishing out a $60,000 incentive to soldiers — and even airmen and sailors — who complete training.
The recruiting push comes as the service recognizes how far it lagged behind in air defense in recent decades. The Army has reinvested in short range air defense in particular, establishing a new Stinger missile course and committing to stand up 10 SHORAD battalions by 2024 to defend maneuver troops from aerial threats.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/02/04/air-defense-offers-new-warrants-60k-bonuses-as-the-branch-expands/“We always need three warrant officers per [air defense artillery] unit and 12 warrant officers per battalion,†ADA Proponent warrant officer CWO 4 Jonathon Boone said in an Army news release.
