Three Decades of Experience with the All-Volunteer Force Have Charted a Course to success

摘要

SEVERAL RECURRING THEMES characterize the evolution of the all-volunteer force:leadership in overcoming institutional resistance to change,analysis in forecasting the costs and benefits of alternative courses of action,determination in identifying the right people to recruit and how to recruit them,the difference that pay and benefits make in recruiting and retaining personnel,and the need for an ongoing budgetary commitment to sustain success.