Eligible Navy explosive ordnance disposal warfare officers can claim up to $100,000 in new retention bonuses, the service announced in a recent message.

The program, first reported by Military Times, is open to lieutenants and lieutenant commanders who meet service requirements outlined in the message.

Officers of both ranks can select two- or four-year obligations. The four-year option totals $100,000 for both, while lieutenants taking the two-year option would earn $25,000 ($12,500 a year) and lieutenant commanders would earn $30,000 ($15,000 a year).

Those taking the two-year option will be offered a second two-year bonus at the same rate.

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Officers can apply for the bonus through their commanding officer within a year of their eligibility date. The message did not include an expiration date for the program.

The officer bonuses are the latest in a series offered by the sea service:

• Chief warrant officers in the SEAL/Special Warfare Combat Crewman (SWCC) community can earn up to $100,000 for a five-year contract.
  
  
• Naval aviators could earn $129,000 with a three-year obligation, with that figure moving to $150,000 if they qualify for additional sea duty pay. The program ended Aug. 31.
  
  
• Aviators in the Navy Reserve were eligible for up to $40,000 in annual bonuses under a program that ran through Aug. 26.

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The Navy has met its overall accession goals for three straight years, with its most recent annual recruiting goal of adding 45,000 sailors achieved three months in advance.