One of the most compelling comments this am on one of the panels..someone said, “ We have 1% of our population carrying the weight ( our military ) for 99% of our population.
I sure wish they would put the draft back, but then, I don’t think the military wants it....although they could be WAY more selective..and maybe we could get 8% of our population lifting the defense weight.
...although they could be WAY more selective.
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They already are way selective. Whether it is the economy, or that the age group of volunteers were strongly affected by 9/11 when they were “children”, recruiting is up, and retention is up.