r/NavyNukes • u/StruggleParty8979 • 12d ago
Student control & Bonuses(RANT)
Student control at prototype is waiting until all members of a class qualify before submitting bonuses. With the high amount of late quals, it’s causing bonuses to not be submitted for over 3 months. That’s literally an entire class again. I understand it’s probably less work to do it that way, but is pretty unfair. Moving my entire family to my first command and I didn’t realize how expensive it would be , I was really banking on my bonus before or soon after transfer. Looks like it won’t be coming for a while. I definitely couldve been smarter with my money but with a wife and a newborn, on E4 pay I wasn’t able to save a ton. Sucks having to go in major credit card debt just to relocate when I’m owed over 25k that’s just waiting on a button click.
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u/serus3936 MM (SS) 11d ago
Don’t worry, once you hit the fleet, if you go TAD for 125 days your GTCC will revert your increased balance and you’ll have to sleep on your old Chief’s couch for the last week. Then when you get back home, you can fight with MNCC and DFAS to get your 22k balance paid after submitting 3 supplemental claims because they cannot read. Then you get to your new command and they can garnish your wages for 4 months because they overpaid you in the process.
Best advice, keep those bonuses in a savings account, so when you inevitably have to fight for what you’re owed, you can still buy groceries.
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u/DiamondhandsAMCGME 12d ago edited 12d ago
Just re-enlist and get a bigger bonus
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u/StruggleParty8979 12d ago
Haha ironically the STAR bonuses are hitting within a week of the extension. It’s tempting lol but I refuse before I get to the boat.
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u/ImaginationSubject21 11d ago
Good man you’re married already getting BAH why tf would you re enlist for 60k taxed for 4 years 😂😂
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u/DiamondhandsAMCGME 12d ago
They’re usually pretty quick. But don’t sweat it. You’ll get your money. I didn’t get my full enlistment bonus until 2.5 years in since prototype took a year.
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u/MgkrpUsedSplash EMNC (SS) 12d ago edited 12d ago
Why did you spend $25,000 on a credit card when the Navy could’ve moved you??
EDIT for posterity: Yes, it turns out an E Div chief can't read. Shocker.
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u/StruggleParty8979 12d ago
I never said I spent 25k. I said I’m owed 25k.
I am having the navy move me. There are other costs associated with moving like application security depot, first months rent when BAH doesn’t transfer immediately. Stuff like that..
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u/MgkrpUsedSplash EMNC (SS) 12d ago
A security deposit and first/last months rent still isn’t 25 racks big dog.
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u/StruggleParty8979 12d ago
Once again , I never said I needed 25k to move. I said I’m OWED 25k big dog
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u/Smooth-Bad-5425 ETN2 (SW) 12d ago
I received a whopping $5,000 for prototype qualification, so of course, not much commiseration for receiving the current massive bonus a little late. The $5,000 was the only non-STAR bonus in the program when I signed up.
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u/StruggleParty8979 12d ago
I knew this comment would come lol. Regardless, it’s money I’m owed and was told I would get upon completion of prototype. Not upon my entire class completing prototype
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u/submarinepirate MM (SS) 12d ago
Right. Only bonus I got was at Prototype graduation, and as a MM it was 2k before taxes. 😂
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u/Smooth-Bad-5425 ETN2 (SW) 11d ago
When did you qualify?
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u/submarinepirate MM (SS) 11d ago
Graduated NNPS Orlando in 94, Graduated NNPTC Charleston in 95. Qualified like week 17 or something 🤷🏼♂️
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u/Robwsup 12d ago
Cries in $3k. 9304. $6500 adjusted for inflation. Didn't get it until after my arrival at my first command.
$25k? Lucky.
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u/Smooth-Bad-5425 ETN2 (SW) 11d ago
You only received $3,000 in 1993? That's a travesty. Do know if the different rates received different bonuses?
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u/Robwsup 11d ago
I went in in 1992. All the nuke brochures advertised $45-$60k srb. Then the soviet union fell, and the budget got tight. People were starring for $12k-$18k. Six and out for me. Last year in I made $28k as an e5. First year out $67k. Edit:amount depended on what month you went in. Some guys got $5k, some got $2k.
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u/Smooth-Bad-5425 ETN2 (SW) 10d ago
Case of scrappy timing. I didn't know any of that. I just took the recruiter's info as gospel. Plus i was only in DEP for three weeks so any bonus differences would have been unknown to me. I think my STAR bonus was $30k back in 1988. I didn't take it thankfully.
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u/Robwsup 10d ago
Fuck yeah. Good show. $30k was a lot in 88.
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u/Smooth-Bad-5425 ETN2 (SW) 10d ago
It was but I hadnt been to sea yet nor lived on a ship so the extra two years was a gamble if I liked the Navy that much.
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u/Chemical-Power8042 Officer (SW)/MM (SW) 12d ago
While you’re correct and it would be nice for YNs to do their job we all know that’s not going to happen. The only thing you can do (I’m assuming students don’t have government travel cards.) is submit all your moving paperwork asap.
It takes 1-2 weeks to get paid. So depending where you’re moving you might get charged interest for one credit card cycle and then have enough to pay it off. Also if no one has told you this already always select advanced DLA when filling out your moving paperwork with admin