Called by officials a “kicker,” it’s a temporary initiative that offers “pay for performance” bonuses to boost sailors in seven surface engineering ratings.
Prodded by a mandate from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to expunge from Navy training anything that fails to make the fleet more lethal and agile as the United States enters a new era of great power competition, leaders are moving to make sure every sailor pulls his or her weight, with a premium placed on job performance.