A National Service Draft,
Abstract
The preceeding discussion has made two major points. First, the volunteer force has worked and, with continued top level management attention, it can probably continue to work for the remainder of this century. Thus, a draft--whether compulsory national service or otherwise--is not needed to staff the Armed Forces. Second, although the objectives of compulsory national service are in many ways desirable, the uncertainties regarding whether these objectives could be achieved through a national service draft and the very real problems associated with such a policy probably preclude its usefulness for achieving U.S. military, social, and economic objectives--especially given the success of the All-Volunteer Force. Compulsory national service is therefore not needed to support U.S. military forces and, despite the other possible benefits from compulsory national service, there are probably far better means for dealing with the issues and problems that have been raised during the debate about national service. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA056880
Entities
People
- Richard V. L. Cooper
Organizations
- RAND Corporation