A Smaller Army? Adapting to the All-Volunteer Situation

There is no greater challenge facing the US Army today than that of human resources management-the integrated, coherent handling of people problems. To the extent that the Army successfully responds to that challenge, it will be better able to fulfill its peacetime mission of readiness for war. To the extent that it does not, it wont. This article examines three fundamental people problems the adaptation of the individual soldier to the military organization both in skills and in commitment to the organizations goals the cohesiveness of the military organization its ability to sustain effectiveness despite wartime stress the facilitation of both of these by effective personnel management.