Navy Reserve Accession Bonus Q

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Hey all, this seems like a simple question, but I couldn’t find it asked anywhere here before:

In order to receive the Accession Bonus for Nurse Practitioners in the Reserve Component of the Navy Nurse Corps, does the bonus need to be identified in the commissioning paperwork/contract; or, is it automatic?

My recruiter has seemed to shoot fairly straight with me during this process and says it is automatic, but I’m just having a hard time wrapping my brain around the government tossing out large sums of cash automatically without some sort of hoops or red tape to jump through.

Thanks for your help!

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Specializes in Operating room, ER, Home Health.

It should be in your contract even if it’s automatic.

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11 minutes ago, Jeckrn1 said:

It should be in your contract even if it’s automatic.

Thank you. I will ask some more pointed questions about that when I touch base with my recruiter this week.

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Specializes in Operating room, ER, Home Health.

The reason it is in the contract is so you can get paid and they have you agreeing to the service obligation.

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Specializes in NP / USAFR Flight Nurse.

It was in mine.

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Thank y’all.  I have been handed off to a new recruiter (previous one PCS’d), and the new recruiter has explained the process in more detail.  There is a special pays agreement contract that outlines the details of the bonus.

 

I’m waiting on my final commissioning paperwork, so I’ll update with another comment when that time comes; that way if anyone has the same question I had, they can find this information. 

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