Uncle Sam Hustles to Keep the Ranks Filled. Claire Schaeffer-Duffy.
by Schaeffer-Duffy, Claire; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 24Family. Publisher: National Catholic Reporter, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Conscientious objectors | Draft | Recruiting and enlistment | Scholarships | Selective Service System (U.S.) | United States -- Armed Forces -- Minorities | United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting | United States Army -- RecruitingDDC classification: 050 Summary: "This year [2003] the U.S. military will recruit 330,000 Americans for its active and reserve units. With the suspension of the draft in 1973, after three decades of conscription, America returned to relying on an all-volunteer force. Unlike their Israeli or Greek counterparts, young Americans are not mandated to give two years of their life to the military. Not for now, at least." (NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER) This article identifies the promotional tactics used by the military to attract new soldiers.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Uncle Sam Hustles to Keep the Ranks Filled, March 21, 2003; pp. 14-16.
"This year [2003] the U.S. military will recruit 330,000 Americans for its active and reserve units. With the suspension of the draft in 1973, after three decades of conscription, America returned to relying on an all-volunteer force. Unlike their Israeli or Greek counterparts, young Americans are not mandated to give two years of their life to the military. Not for now, at least." (NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER) This article identifies the promotional tactics used by the military to attract new soldiers.
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