ALL-VOLUNTEER ARMED FORCES: PROGRESS, PROBLEMS, AND PROSPECTS BY MARTIN BINKIN AND JOHN D. JOHNSTON 95-825 O REPORT PREPARED FOR THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JUNE 1, 1973 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services U.S. GOVERNMENT. PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1973 h3 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, To All Members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services: I would like to inform all members of the Committee that The Brookings Institution has completed its Contract made in December, 1972, with the Committee on Armed Services to provide the following, as stated in the Contract: A Study dealing with the All-Volunteer Armed Forces providing an assessment of the problems the progress, and the remaining issues involved in the attempt to obtain manpower for our armed forces solely by voluntary means, with special reference to an analysis of all available data using appropriate statistical methods, and including an examination of options to overcome the various problems. The Study was not intended to, and does not, make a pro or con recommendation on the basic wisdom of the volunteer concept but provides a discussion of the various issues of supply and demand of manpower and of cost. The views in this report represent the views of the two authors. It does not necessarily reflect the views of either The Brookings Institution or the Committee on Armed Services. In order for sufficient copies of this thorough and detailed document to be available for the members of the Committee and the public generally, I suggest that it be printed as a Committee print. Sincerely, JOHN C. STENNIS, Chairman. (III) Hon. JOHN C. STENNIS, THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, DEAR SENATOR: It is with much pleasure that I forward the enclosed report, "All-Volunteer Armed Forces: Progress, Problems, and Prospects," prepared by Martin Binkin and John D. Johnston. We hope that the study, which proved to be an exciting challenge, will make a timely contribution. Again, let me say how happy we were to contribute to the important work of the Armed Services Committee. KERMIT GORDON, President. Sincerely, (V) |