Addendum NGB Form 600-7-1-R-E

Bonus addendums, typically signed at military entrance processing stations (MEPS) tie a bonus to your service obligation with the Indiana National Guard.

Section I: General

Section II: Eligibility

• Non-Prior Service Bonuses are tied to your military occupational specialty (MOS) and unit identification code (UIC), which can be located at the bottom of Section II.

Section III: Bonus Amount and Payment

• Bonus installments: The first 50% of your bonus will be processed upon award of contracted MOS and validation in the Army National Guard Incentive Management System (GIMS).
• The remaining balance will be equally disbursed based on the anniversary date established by your graduation from advanced individual training (AIT), up to your expiration term of service (ETS).
• Note: anniversary year payments are not guaranteed and will not be processed if readiness and participation requirements are not met by your anniversary date.

Section IV: Suspension

• This section covers all suspension reasons.
• The most common reason for suspension is being flagged.
• An Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) or height/weight (HT/WT) flag is an exception.

Section V: Continued Receipt

• If your bonus was suspended, this section describes the conditions under which you eligible to continue receiving your bonus.

Section VI: Termination

• This section covers every reason your contract can be terminated.
• Contract termination falls into two categories: with recoupment and without recoupment.

Section VII: Statement of Understanding

• Soldier reads responsibilities of the contract.
• Addendum will be invalidated if Soldier does not meet all the requirements at the time of signature.

Section VIII: Authentication

Section IX: Certification by Service Representative/Witnessing Official

Addendum NGB Form 600-7-5-R-E

Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) addendums, typically signed at military entrance processing stations (MEPS) tie SLRP to your MOS and UIC, while Re-enlistment addendums are tied to only your MOS.

Section I: General Information

Section II: Eligibility Criteria

• Non-Prior Service contracts are tied to your military occupational specialty (MOS) and unit identification code (UIC), which can be located at the bottom of Section II.
• Informs the Soldier what responsibilities they have in order to receive payment.

Section III: SLRP Payment

• Soldier will receive anniversary payments one year after contract start date and will not exceed 15% or $500 (whichever is greater) of the initial disbursed amounts to include accrued interest.
  *Loans must be one year old and stay in good standing to receive payment (IE: not in default.)
   *Anniversary year payments are not guaranteed and will not be processed if the 2 required payment documentations, the DD 2475 and NSLDS, are not submitted by the Soldier annually.
• Federal loans are only authorized for repayment, not private loans.
• All repayments are made to the lending institution and NOT to the Soldier.
• The cumulative SLRP lifetime amount will not exceed $50,000.

Section IV: Suspension / Reinstatement

• The most common reason for suspension is being flagged.
• An Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) or height/weight (HT/WT) flag is an exception.

Section V: Continued Receipt

• If SLRP was suspended, this section describes the conditions under which you eligible to continue receiving payments.

Section VI: Termination

• This section covers every reason your contract can be terminated.
• Contract termination falls into two categories: with recoupment and without recoupment.

Section VII: Statement of Understanding

• Soldier reads responsibilities of the contract.
• Addendum will be invalidated if Soldier does not meet all the requirements at the time of signature.

Section VIII: Authentication

​Section IX: Certification by Service Representative/Witnessing Official

• The non-prior service (NPS) bonus is tied to both unit identification code (UIC) and military occupational specialty (MOS)

• 50% is paid upon award of contracted MOS and the remaining balance is equally disbursed based upon your anniversary year established by your AIT graduation date.

• If you don’t have a NPS bonus, you can get a reenlistment bonus if you are eligible.
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*Refer to Section VI of your addendum

• Reenlistment bonuses (REB) are only tied to your MOS
• Can do an Interstate-Transfer and keep the bonus if your MOS remains the same
• The amounts for the bonus change every year based on the Selected Reserve Incentive Program (SRIP) policy published in October
• Unlike NPS, you can get this bonus regardless of what MOS you have
• You can sign for an REB a year out from your expiration term of service (ETS)
• Typically, a two, four and six year option

Each addendum is different, but termination from the SLRP will fall under two categories: WITH and WITHOUT recoupment. Your addendum may have one or more of the following:​

*Refer to Section VI of your addendum