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...ambitious. Sponsored in the Senate by Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn and Virginia Republican John Warner, the proposal would provide a relatively modest $3.5 billion over five years to alleviate some of the AVF'S most serious problems, although it would not give everyone a raise across the board. To retain pilots, for example, flight pay, which currently ranges from 5100 to $245 extra per month, would be increased 25%; to compensate sailors for the hardship of lengthy family separations, the monthly sea pay supplement of $25 to $55 would be boosted 15%. Among its other features, the bill would increase...
...there are equally strong arguments against restoring conscription?at least until other remedies for the volunteer force are given a chance. The draft would do nothing to help the Pentagon retain those experienced commissioned officers and noncoms whose skills are in demand in the civilian economy. Nor would conscription necessarily make the socioeconomic, racial and mental aptitude composition of the military more representative of the U.S. population than is the case under the volunteer force. Reason: if men and women continue volunteering at the current rate?and being accepted at the current quality?and the armed forces remain at their...
...long as recruitment rather than conscription remains the nation's preferred manner of filling its military ranks, the means?and the money?are going to have to be found to attract higher-quality enlistees and to retain them in sufficient numbers. Says Sociologist Janowitz: "The volunteer force in its expanded form is a unique institution in American history. We have never run a force like we have now." The challenge is to keep it running in a way that assures the nation's security...
Nunn: Although it wasn't picked up by the media, our military commanders both in NATO and in Korea have testified this year on the record before the Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel that they are noticing a definite inability of an increasing number of their people to retain their training. This means that you must retrain often, which has a huge impact on costs and readiness. We are losing the confidence of our allies. Talk to some West Germans off the record and ask them what they think of the U.S. ability to fight...
...unique aspects of this program is that the innovators can elect to retain all of their patent rights. Normally, federal programs specify that any scientist receiving Government money loses his patents. But the DOE is willing to waive this rule on the grounds that the producer of a new energy-saving device will only do the work if he is guaranteed a profit payoff...