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The Marine Corps is looking to retain a few, good men and they plan to do it by offering reenlistments bonuses of up to $90,000.

The incentives are part of a larger plan to grow the Marine Corps to 202,000 by the completion of fiscal year 2011. Marines looking to reenlist and get the bonuses must do so on or after Oct. 1 of this year; the slots are limited because each MOS will be accepting only a specific number of reenlistments.

Despite the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps had a strong year recruiting new Marines. And while positive signs of security and stability continue to emerge from Baghdad, the fight in Afghanistan appears to be heating up, which has lead to speculation that more Marines will soon be sent there.

This past spring Marine Corps leaders floated the idea of having the Corps withdraw entirely from Iraq and take full responsibility for the war in Afghanistan. The plan was reminiscent of how the service branches split responsibilities in World War II, with the Marines in the Pacific and the Army fighting in Europe. Despite the historical precedence, Secretary of the Defense Robert Gates rejected the proposal.

Some in-demand specialties are also eligible for a "kicker" bonus of up to $25,000. Marines in 18 select MOSs are eligible for the extra bonus, including those in infantry, linguistics as well as a host of combat-related specialties.

Marines who stay in the service will have more time to take advantage of the marine tuition assistance program, which pays up to 100% of a Marine's career training. Marine military benefits such as military tuition assistance can help a marine prepare for a career when he's ready to take off the uniform. Many schools these days also offer military scholarships for marine spouses, as well military dependent scholarships. Marines and their spouses should be sure to check out their accredited military education options.
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When we think of long wars, we naturally think of the impact on troops and equipment, but the military family is equally strained when conflicts continue for multiple years. With this in mind, Marine Corps officials have announced a $30 million budget increase to a USMC program that looks to strengthen both Marines and the Marine family while the longest all-volunteer war in our nation's history continues.

Like the Army's recent "Army Family Covenant," the Marine Corps Family Team Building (MCFTB) program recognizes that military families are the warrior's true support system. Marine Corps leaders understand that current family programs are still based on the realities of a peace-time Corps, and as a result, they've committed to increasing the MCFTB's resources.

The MCFTB offers programs that, among other things, offers spouse-to-spouse orientation for spouses new to the Marine Corps, personal and professional growth workshops for spouses, Military OneSource resources, marriage and relationship seminars and religious enrichment programs run by Navy chaplains.

The impact of this funding will reportedly be seen early this year during the first fiscal quarter and is supported on all major Marine installations by the Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS).

In addition to the MCFTB programs, Marine spouses can also take advantage of military spouse education opportunities by pursuing military spouse scholarships and searching online for schools that offer military spouse tuition discounts. The Navy-Marine Corp Relief Society offers scholarships to Marine spouses - information can be found at their site www.usmc-mccs.org/ - while many online schools offer some form of tuition assistance for military spouses.

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