All-Volunteer Force Proves Successful for U.S. Military > U.S.
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The January 1973 decision to fill the U.S. military's ranks exclusively with volunteers rather than with draftees has been proven sound, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said.
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