Sailors who use their foreign language skills as part of their service are now eligible for higher monthly pay under an expansion of the Navy’s Foreign Language Proficiency Bonus Program, announced Monday.

Before the change, bonuses were restricted to those serving in specific billets, such as cryptology, which rely on language skills. Now sailors who can prove proficiency and use certain languages on Navy missions are also eligible for bonus money.

The new policy means language-savvy sailors can be reassigned and deployed if they avail themselves of the extra cash. But it also provides added pay to skilled sailors assigned to special warfare, expeditionary combat, Fleet Marine Force and medical units — including individual augmentees — with even minimum skill levels.

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/03/navy_language_bonus_070322w/

Extra Bonus-- If ya get assigned to the expeditionary unit, you'll come see me for some training!

Heck maybe I should re-up I speak pretty good Sasebo slang after a few to many brews.

It's a good deal. The USMC already adopted this policy a few years ago. And the bonuses keep going up and up for all services, on average nearly tripling in the last few years. I believe this article says $500 max for a single language. I believe the Army offers slightly more than that (depending on the language) and the USMC slightly less.

Gunny was not making lite of your post just thought with all the bull crap I have saw on our Forum lately maybe it would help I know humor helps sometimes .

Naw dude.....


OK, you can' see it it, but I'm doing that little "eye-to-eye" thing with two fingers on my right hand. I knew. Just elaborating. Spreading the knowledge.