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The United States has engaged in several long and costly wars with an all-volunteer military. How has this fact affected the troops and our ability to react to threats around the globe? What does this mean for the troops who have been serving back-to-back deployments? 


The Nixon administration abolishing the draft "was seen by uniformed leaders as a betrayal and as a purely political maneuver, designed to quell antiwar protests that had begun on college campuses with the burning of draft cards, and had spread throughout the country," 

wrote James Kitfield for National Journal


That plan worked, but some worried how this would change the rank makeup and its relation to the public.


On The Daily Circuit, we look at the current state of the U.S. military and how it affects our willingness to send troops into harm's way.

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We look at the current state of the U.S. military and how it affects our willingness to send troops into harm's way.

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