As U.S. military forces appear overcommitted and some ponder a possible return to the draft, the timing is ideal for a review of how the American military trans

The all-volunteer force (AVF), created in conjunction with the end of the draft in 1973, has been the most significant development in modern American military h

Can America continue to maintain its military commitments without conscription?

The all-volunteer force, the historic norm in peacetime America, was reestablished in the U.S. on 30 June 1973, when induction authority expired. But never befo