America's Volunteers A Report on the All-Volunteer Armed Forces

Abstract

Conclusions of the Study: The AVF has provided the military services with a full-strength active force of a quality equal to or superior to that achieved under the draft; Although Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force Reserve components have been able to meet Congressionally authorized strengths, the Army National Guard and Reserve have sagged; The pool of trained individuals with a military obligation able to meet mobilization manpower needs has shrunk since the end of the Vietnam War; A rapid mobilization of the civil sector medical community is needed to absorb the high casualty workload during the early phase of a major war in Europe; A more responsive standby draft is needed to provide manpower in case of a major protracted war in Europe; The results of this study do not support a return to peacetime conscription for either the active force or the reserve; and A national service program should not be based on military manpower needs, but rater on the needs of the youth of the nation and the cost relative to other national objectives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1978
Accession Number
ADA101903

Entities

Organizations

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Health Services
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Students
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.