TWQ: Reassessing the All-Volunteer Force - Winter 2013

Journal by Karl W. Eikenberry

Published December 18, 2012

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The retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General and former ambassador to Afghanistan argues that, despite its overall success, the All-Volunteer Force has developed liabilities in its weak political oversight and internal accountability of its senior leadership with widely unacknowledged consequences for civic virtue, an insulated defense spending debate, and potentially increased deployments overseas.

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Karl W. Eikenberry

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