The Army will soon start paying a monthly bonus to 100 senior soldiers aimed at keeping their technical experts in the force.

The Warrant Officer Retention Bonus, or WORB is a financial incentive targeting more than a dozen military occupational specialties – many of which are cyber and intelligence focused – for chief warrant officers with 17-21 years of active service.

Soldiers who take the bonus will receive monthly payouts of around $1,550 and incur an additional duty obligation between three to six years, depending on time in service, Lt. Col. Angela Chipman, the chief of Army retention told Task & Purpose in an interview on Tuesday.

The WORB is part of a broader Army retention revamp announced last week as the service embarks on a force-wide restructuring known as the Army Transfo

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