Latest "all-volunteer force" stories

This general helped steer the Army’s post-Vietnam transformation

Archival materials at the Army Heritage & Education Center detail the work of Gen. Maxwell Reid Thurman, an architect of the 1980s "Be all you can be."

By Professor Emeritus Col. James Martin (ret.)

6 weeks ago

How embracing ‘Be all you can be’ resurrected Army marketing

The rebrand is the latest move in a series of service-wide efforts that may reduce recent years’ recruiting struggles.

By Davis Winkie

3 months ago

All-volunteer force can’t meet Pentagon’s future needs, advocates warn

A recent commission and U.S. Supreme Court petition are looking at changes.

2 years ago

A nation of draft dodgers

Is it a “volunteer” system when you pay someone to “volunteer," asks the author of this commentary.

By Dennis Laich

2 years ago

Manning the military: America’s problem

Conscription using a lottery based system would be a fair, efficient, sustainable, legal and proven alternative to fixing the military's recruiting problem, says the author of this commentary.

By Dennis Laich

4 years ago

Would lowering the age of recruitment fix the military’s recruiting worries?

To combat the growing military-civilian divide, the military must be willing to change its recruiting tactics amid changing times, the author of this opinion piece writes.

By Shane McCarthy

4 years ago