The All-Volunteer Force: Today's Military and Draft Debate | The Draft

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Iraq Afghanistan conscription armed forces John F. Kennedy Donald Rumsfeld army recruiting The Draft
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History-Social Science
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The All-Volunteer Force: Today's Military and Draft Debate | The Draft

Engage in the current debate about the state of our armed forces with this clip from The Draft. Now that the draft is no longer a driving force in American society, who serves? The new face of the military is the all-volunteer force, which is sustained by active recruiting policies. But the questions raised about citizenship & service, from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam era, remain pertinent—the debate about the draft continues, even as we fight a war without it.

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