The US Military offers a very conducive army
pay scale. There are other benefits that include enlistment
bonuses, housing allowances, retirement pays, tax redemptions
and travel discounts.
The officers are also paid the “hazardous duty incentive
pay” which entitles them a special pay of $150 for performing
hazardous military duties as a part of the army pay. Also, that
under the FY 2005 Military Authorization Act and FY 2005 Military
Appropriations Act, it is expected that the year 2006 will bring
a basic military pay hike by 3.1 per cent.
The US Army follows a strict regime
and has one of the levels of its influence in the recent past.
Their disciplined life and high standards of living are world
famous. The US Army offers facilities and privileges for its officers;
from housing, health, education, travel and other concessions.
Besides, being a part of the US Army is an honor in itself, and
so resembles the army pay offered to these officers.
There are various army recruiters
that help many people to find a suitable job in the U.S. Army.
Programs like the Corporal Recruiting Program help many people
to achieve the heights they want to achieve. As an army recruiter,
the Corporal Recruiter Program that began in 1999 has allowed
more than 300 specialists to serve one-year recruiting tours.
The program’s goal is to bring the young and spirited soldiers
together.
Besides army bases location other
internal details are highly confidential and is only available
to higher designated people. But, the locations of the army bases
can be found online at the army websites, although there too are
some reserved portions, but general information is not too difficult
to be found.
The keystone of the professional development of all the US
Army Reserve Component Officers is the OPMS i.e. Officer Personnel
Management System. Its function is to develop the officers and
imbibe in them the right amount of skills required by throughout
the Department of Defense.
Accordingly, OPMS is divided into two subprograms for Army
Reserve Component implementation purposes being OPMS-ARNG
and OPMS-USAR.