… that military service constitutes a significant event in the educational life course of veterans.
Military service … Military service also provides a unique set of resources, such as removal from …

… But a major factor contributing to success in the third volunteer army period was the
infusion of innovative leadership and management in the day-to-day operation of the …

… 1 July 1993 was the twentieth anniversary of the all volunteer Army. In the early 1970s, many
doubted that the Army … The passage was painful at times, but that Army did succeed. As the …

… The proportion of blacks has always been highest in the Army, a trend that has become
more pronounced during the all- volunteer era. Blacks made up 34.9 percent of male Army …

… the services. Over the course of the all-volunteer era, the number of non-prior-service males
… for the Marine Corps, and 58 cent for the Army. There are studies which show, moreover, …

… the all- volunteer army in the broader American society and analyzing how the army and its
… Only the army relied on draftees during this period, and the percentage of men who were …

… and transformed its military into an all-volunteer force. The Vietnam War-era draft had provoked
… However, despite the claim of the chair of the House Armed Services Committee that the …

… the period of Selective Service with those during the transitional phase from 1968 to 1973
and during the first year of the all-volunteer system. Obviously, the available data serve only to …

… In the post- Vietnam period, as we move toward an all-volunteer force of less than two
million, these procedures are outmoded. The practice is needlessly expensive, it is disruptive of …

… societal indifference to the size of the Army, and, except during the worst years of the
Depression, during an era when few men showed interest in military service except as a last resort. …