Military Manpower and the All-Volunteer Force
An overview of the broad trends and policies that have emerged during the transition from the selective service draft to an all-volunteer military. The report is divided into three parts. Part I discusses the factors underlying the decision to end the draft. The analysis shows that the AVF was essentially the only viable alternative for eliminating the inequities of the draft. Part II examines the early AVF experience and concludes that the AVF has succeeded in attracting a socially representative mix of the desired quantity and quality of recruits at a substantially lower cost than is commonly assumed. Part III examines broader implications raised by the removal of the draft, showing that major changes in manpower utilization and management are required to provide an effective defense at a cost the American public is willing to pay, and that the removal of the draft provides an opportunity for making such changes.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Paperback Pages: 407
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- Document Number: R-1450-ARPA
- Year: 1977
- Series: Reports
Contents
Part 1
Preface
Summary
Acknowledgments
Figures
Tables
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Manpower and Defense: Dimensions of the Problem
Chapter Three
The Move to End the Draft
Chapter Four
Historical and International Perspective of Conscription
Part 2
Chapter Five
The Economics of Peacetime Conscription
Chapter Six
The Decision to End the Draft
Chapter Seven
Transition to the Volunteer Force
Chapter Eight
Manpower Procurement: Quantity and Quality
Part 3
Chapter Nine
Enlistment Supply and Demand
Chapter Ten
Social Representation in the Volunteer Force
Chapter Eleven
Cost of the Volunteer Force
Part 4
Chapter Twelve
Resource Allocation Without the Draft
Chapter Thirteen
Resource Allocation: Manpower Requirements
Part 5
Chapter Fourteen
Manpower Management in a Volunteer Environment
Chapter Fifteen
Manpower Management: The Military Compensation System
Chapter Sixteen
Defense Without the Draft
Bibliography
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