Found the following link :
http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/apa/goals.htm
Looks like the recruiting year ends Sept 30
Looks like they also reduced their recruiting goal a bit
I wonder what that means as far as bonuses are concerned
Again, I totally agree that this is about wanting to live the life and to see and do crazy and exciting things. I have a degree, and could go for OCS instead, but.... that just doesn't offer what I'm looking for. But if they are offering money, then i'll take it. More toys for my son, why not?
Also, I think Scimitar is correct, that the 18x is often exploited as a recruiting tactic. A buddy of mine who enlisted as a 25p, was initially told by the recruiter that he should go for 18x. Its funny too, because this is a guy who had to take the treadmill/heart rate test at meps because of his body fat %