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28. Anita Lancaster and Jerry Lehnus, "Declining

Conscription," Wall Street Journal, October 2,

Interest in Military Service: Qualitative Insights,"

1998, p. A1.

Paper presented at "Youth Attitudes toward

20. Quoted in "Lawmakers Debate Reviving the

Military Service," p. A-1.

Draft," unsigned editorial, Dallas Morning News,

29. Wilson, "Selective Draft Could Be Answer."

September 26, 1998.

30. Ernest Blazar, "Trouble Ahead," Washington

21. Quoted in Sig Christenson, "Air Force at 20-

Times, January 27, 1999, p. A10.

Year Low in Recruiting Could Revive Draft,"

Washington Times, July 6, 1999, p. A1.

31. See the testimony of Francis Rush, Statement

at Hearing on Recruiting Issues: Subcommittee

22. Philip Gold, Evasions: The American Way of

on Military Personnel of the House National

Military Service (New York: Paragon House, 1985),

Security Committee, 106th Cong., 1st sess.,

p. 152.

March 18, 1999, p. 6.

23. Quoted in "Overheard," Newsweek, April 22,

32. "Being All They Can Be?" NewsHour with Jim

1991, p. 19.

Lehrer, March 12, 1999, transcript, p. 3.

24. Emmanuel Jarry, "More Cuts in France's

33. Quoted in Brian Mitchell, "Air Force Heads for

Military Scheduled," Washington Times, July 8,

Bumpy Flight," Investor's Business Daily, September

1998, p. A13.

25, 1998, pp. A1, A28.

25. Philip Gold, "Viewpoint: Resuming Peacetime

34. Dave Moniz, "Skilled Workers Bailing Out of

Conscription Bad Idea That Would Clog Courts,"

Military in Droves," The State (Columbia, S.C.),

News Tribune, November 29, 1998, p. B13.

October 2, 1998, p. A10.

26. Quoted in Thomas Ricks and Carla Anne

35. Steven Lee Myers, "Good Times Mean Hard

Robbins, "America Is Learning to Play World Cop,

Sell for the Military," New York Times, November 3,

but Only Reluctantly," Wall Street Journal, May 21,

1998, p. A19. For complete recruiting results, see

1998, p. A1.

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for

27. Assistant Secretary of Defense, Office of

Public Affairs, "Fiscal Year 1998 Recruiting

Force Management Policy, Population in the

Achieves 97 Percent of Goal for Quantity while

Military Services: Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington:

Exceeding Quality Benchmarks," News release,

U.S. Department of Defense, December 1997),

no. 559-98, U. S. Department of Defense, October

p. 2-1; and George Wilson, "The All-Volunteer

28, 1998.

Force Is in Danger," Air Force Times, April 13,

36. Quoted in James Crawley, "Shortage of Sailors

1998, p. 62. For a detailed discussion of the rela-

Erodes Navy's Readiness for Combat," San Diego

tionship between the propensity to enlist and

Union-Tribune, September 2, 1998, p. A1.

actual enlistment, see Jerald Bachman et al.,

"Does Enlistment Propensity Predict Accession?

37. Quoted in Steven Komarow, "As Iraq Looms,

High School Seniors' Plans and Subsequent

Shortfalls Hastening Downward Slide," USA

Behavior," Armed Forces & Society 25, no. 1 (Fall

Today, November 10, 1998, p. 1A.

1998): 59­80.

By law the armed services can recruit anyone

38. Quoted in Ernest Blazar, "Inside the Ring,"

between the ages of 17 and 35 who meets mini-

Washington Times, December 2, 1998, p. A10.

mal AFQT standards--a pool of 69 million. But,

in practice 94 percent of recruits are under 25

39. See, for example, Ernest Blazar, "Inside the

and 82 percent are under 21. The armed services

Ring," April 6, 1999, p. A8.

also unilaterally set much higher AFQT stan-

dards. By the time those in college and those

40.  Patrick  Pexton,  "Dwindling  Ranks,"

with medically disqualifying conditions are dis-

Washington Post, September 24, 1998, p. A25.

counted, the relevant pool runs about 2 million.

Andrea Boyer and Edward Schmitz, "Socio-

41. Bradley Graham and Eric Pianin, "Military

Demographics and Military Recruiting: The

Readiness, Morale Show Strain," Washington Post,

Role of Veterans," Paper presented at the con-

August 13, 1998, p. A28. See also Ernest Blazar,

ference of the International Military Testing

"Willing and Able--But Ready?" Washington Times,

Association, "Youth Attitudes toward Military

October 4, 1998, pp. A1, A6.

Service in the Post­Cold War Era," San Antonio,

Texas, 1996 (Defense Manpower Data Center

42. Ricks and Robbins, p. A6.

Report No. 97-001), pp. K-1 through K-2.

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