[Jeff Nelligan] My military family and AVF at 50

Plebe Summer is underway at the US Naval Academy, where 1,184 young men and women grind through the second week of their “college” experience, complete with obstacle courses, firearms and fully-clothed plunges into the Chesapeake Bay. These determined young people represent one element of the All-Volunteer Force, which marked its 50th anniversary this year after military conscription ended in 1973. It is ...

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