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All-volunteer force can’t meet Pentagon’s future needs, advocates warn By the Numbers: A look at a potential return to the draft The fifth annual All-Volunteer Force Conference looking at the state of the volunteer force since its inception in 1973 and whether conscription should be reinstated to meet the needs of the modern military came amid likely the most attention the issue has seen in recent years. In February, a petition filed with the U.S. Supreme Court challenges the constitutionality of a military draft that doesn’t include women. And testimony in early March by members of the National Commission on Public service to Congress supported advocated making women register for the draft but not instituting conscription.
All-volunteer force can’t meet Pentagon’s future needs, advocates warn By the Numbers: A look at a potential return to the draft The fifth annual All-Volunteer Force Conference looking at the state of the volunteer force since its inception in 1973 and whether conscription should be reinstated to meet the needs of the modern military came amid likely the most attention the issue has seen in recent years. In February, a petition filed with the U.S. Supreme Court challenges the constitutionality of a military draft that doesn’t include women. And testimony in early March by members of the National Commission on Public service to Congress supported advocated making women register for the draft but not instituting conscription.
Support for making women register in the draft, but none for mandatory military service, commission says March 11 Airmen assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard stand in formation during a change of command ceremony at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Mo., on March 6, 2021. (Tech. Sgt. Patrick Evenson/Air National Guard) Officials from the National Commission on Public Service offered a host of ideas to increase young Americans’ interest in serving in the military in testimony before Congress on Thursday, including better marketing, more incentives, and increased career flexibility. One idea that didn’t get much support, however, was making every American serve.