Accession Number:

ADA056880

Title:

A National Service Draft,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Cooper,Richard V. L.

Report Date:

1977-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

The preceeding discussion has made two major points. First, the volunteer force has worked and, with continued top level management attention, it can probably continue to work for the remainder of this century. Thus, a draft--whether compulsory national service or otherwise--is not needed to staff the Armed Forces. Second, although the objectives of compulsory national service are in many ways desirable, the uncertainties regarding whether these objectives could be achieved through a national service draft and the very real problems associated with such a policy probably preclude its usefulness for achieving U.S. military, social, and economic objectives--especially given the success of the All-Volunteer Force. Compulsory national service is therefore not needed to support U.S. military forces and, despite the other possible benefits from compulsory national service, there are probably far better means for dealing with the issues and problems that have been raised during the debate about national service. Author

Descriptors:

• *RECRUITS
• *ALL VOLUNTEER
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
• MANPOWER UTILIZATION
• RECRUITING
• ATTRITION
• MOTIVATION
• MILITARY PROCUREMENT
• BENEFITS
• NATIONAL DEFENSE
• INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
• YOUTH

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE