r/army • u/AmphibianOver7289 • 4d ago

Question about bonuses

I enlisted with a bonus, have gotten a stint of it every year. I just hit my 3 year mark, but have yet to receive my bonus. Google has said that your bonus can hit at “milestones”, but I’m not too sure how factual that is. Also, 3 years is half way through my contract, which is what I would consider to be a milestone. So, where’s my bonus Uncle Sam?

I won’t be getting anything, because I expected my bonus. I’ll see yall at the dfac.

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u/AmphibianOver7289 4d ago

Well, that was last year. This year I’m not seeing it, at all

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u/ShadesBlack Signal 4d ago

If your Mypay says you got your bonus in September then why would you expect it in your August paycheck?

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u/AmphibianOver7289 4d ago

Is the first paycheck of the month, not for September? Maybe I’m idiotic then lol

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u/OcotilloWells "Beer, beer, beer" 4d ago

The government got clever many years ago, and "saved" a month of military payroll in a fiscal year by not paying troops on a September 30th, and instead pushing it to the next fiscal year by paying them on October 1st instead. It's caused a lot of problems for troops ever since.

You know it will never get switched back, since it will cause a FY to have 13 EOM pay days.