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The bonus nearly doubles next year for some pilots. Retention is the reason.

The Marine Corps will offer pilots up to $210K to stay on for another six years as the military fights to keep its aviators.

Marine Corps officials released fiscal 2019 Selective Retention Bonus Program details, which include new re-up "kickers."

Three key aviation bonus programs are expanding amid a Pentagon-wide aviator shortfall.

But airmen in the affected fields have 30 days to re-enlist and still get their higher bonuses.

Sailors can expect more promotions and bonuses as the service starts growing again, according to the Navy's personnel chief.

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The president called it "the most significant investment in our military and in our warfighters in modern history."

Afghan forces are conducting clearing operations, but hundreds of civilians have fled, trying to escape the fierce fighting.

The service's top enlisted leader says he would like the uniform to evoke the Air Force's heritage.

Two members of Marine Special Operations Command received awards for a gun battle with al-Qaida militants in Northern Africa.

"Through it all, there was a call not to take the shot," a NORAD spokesman said.