Does your enlistment bonus get put on your LES or is it just deposited into your account? And if not, is it paid on your annv. date exactly? (i.e. 22nd)

it does go on your LES, it gets deposited into your account around your anniversary date. But keep in mind that say for example you joined Sept 20 your anniversary date will be Aug 1 and itwill go in sometime around then.

not neccasarily, i got my first installment of my bonus on 22 september 07, my second installment i got on 22 september 08, It depends on your contract I believe im not sure but i think that some are slightly different, I know that over half of my bonus was a for shipping in the winter or something like that, and yes it does go on your LES

Mine was on the LES after the fact-

And remember you'll be taxed HEAVILY. Like 40%.
But you should get most of that back on your tax refund.

(Unless you're married and spouse makes bazillions, and/or you have other income..)

so if last yera my les doesnt show the bonus, i possibly may have not gotten it. Could it be back paid if that is the case.

Dont listen to any of this. Go to the finance office on post or FOB where ever you are. How much was bonus for and when did you turn it in? Bonus are paid like this. The finance office pays the first $10000.00 anything over that DFAS Indy pays on the annviersary of your reporting to your duty station. If you have not received your payment of $10000.00 it only takes 7 days after you turn in the paper work. 4-1, 4-2, 4-3 and statement of enlistment, MSO orders or AIT Certificate. Orders to your duty station. That is required. Take this to finance and ask them. Good luck. If the person is not finance on here like I am dont listen to their BS.

i turned it in when i got here in 08, i got my first installment of 10k -tax, but im not sure if i got my annual last aug. after they put it in should it be automatic for the annual? i got 40k total

So you need to go back there and ask them if you bonus was updated to reflect $40000.00 and not $10000.00. It only takes a like a week to get it fixed the first time. This bonus will be taxed everytime no matter what.

so where can i get those papers if i dont have them anymore? i turned it in to the s-1 and they took it to finance for me almost 2 years ago, is there any way to pull those up somewhere?

Hopefully your original enlistment papers made it into your OMPF, Official Military Personnel File. Log into AKO and go to Self Service, My Personnel.

If it is there just print out your original paperwork and take it to S-1 for Finance.

Also, when dealing with the Army, always make at least two copies of everything they give you and put them in separate locations. The Army does have a way of losing things.