The US Navy is offering its most experienced special-operations sailors up to $100,000 to stay in uniform

Sat, 02/04/2023 - 13:53

Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman — Crewman qualification training students at the Silver Strand beach in Coronado, California in September 2008.
US Navy PO2 Christopher Menzie

Like other US service branches, the US Navy is struggling to recruit and retain talented sailors.
Now the Navy is offering experienced Naval Special Warfare sailors with bonuses up to $100,000.

The Navy is taking a proactive approach to retain its special warfare sailors.

With recruitment down, the Navy is trying to retain senior petty officers within the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community with bonuses of up to $100,000 to select sailors, according to a naval admin (NAVADM) message sent by Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman Jr.