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273 | Elliot Ackerman: Reckoning with America's End in Afghanistan

The Realignment

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The All Volunteer Force and Taxation

The all volunteer forces had higher morale its combat effect. You're not taking a bunch of people for two years stints, who don't want to be there. If you were to put a pole in the field right now, i do not think you would see overwhelming support across categories in america to reinstituting a draft. But i'm sure if you spoke to any of the type of flag officers we've spoken with, they would almost certainly say, i don't wants to go back to the days i learned about at west point,. When everyone said it was rable to work. Wif that kid in 19 72 didn't want to being there. So i fully acknowledged

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