Do Any of the MOS's for the Army offer an enlistment bonus?

[Tony L]

I am very interested in the medical field like....

68E Dental Specialist
68Q Pharmacy Specialist
68W Health Care Specialist
68X Mental Health Specialist

Do any of these entitle a enlistment bonus?

[satcomgrunt]

Maybe talk to a recruiter. I will tell you though that MOS's like that, which can transfer directly to the civilian world usually do not have or have very small bonuses.

[deftonehead778]

Honeslty, none of those will have a bonus unless it is the 68W. But that might not even have one beecause they are trying to roll up a few different MOS's into that one job. So they are basically filling it up from people taht are already in the military.

Your best bet is to contact your local recruiter and ask him if there is any bonuses for the specific medical jobs that you want. If you are only wanting to go into something in the medical field, and none of the jobs have any bonuses, you can either wait a month and call back and keep doing so untill they do have some with bonuses, or try to call an Army Reserve recruiter and see what he has to say. I just got a friend in with the same situation. She wanted to do something medical but wanted a bonus. There were no bonuses for the medical jobs, but I had her talk to a Reserve recruiter and he got her a medical MOS and a 20,000 dollar bonus.

Most of the bonuses are offered for jobs that have shortages in those MOS's. The medical field usually stays pretty full and really isn't hurting for people too much.

Good luck.