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Instead of an "either an all-volunteer force or a fully conscripted force" model, I propose a both-and solution.

Instead of an "either an all-volunteer force or a fully conscripted force" model, I propose a both-and solution.

The US citizenship test is currently regarded as the easiest citizenship test in the Western world. Could you pass it?

In July of 1973, much attention was being placed on the conservation of gas. State officials were looking for ways to reduce mileage expenses for its agencies, so it ruled

Applicants must answer six out of 10 civics questions correctly to pass. They are not told which questions will be selected but can see and study the 100 questions before taking the test.

A former history teacher analyzes the class basis of the World War I, who we can thank for ending it, and what we can learn from it.

As a combat-wounded, Purple Heart Vietnam War Army veteran, I’m a member of the major veterans’ organizations (including the American Legion Post 31 in Boulder City), and also a few smaller groups. When I lived in Los Angeles, I was very involved with the Disabled American Veterans and at one point was elected commander of the California DAV. I’m still a member of the Los Angeles chapter and also of a chapter in Nevada. I receive the quarterly DAV magazine, and the current issu...

The Menchaca and Villanueva families were some of Denton’s earliest Latino residents.

In the early 20th century, a global conflict emerged that would forever reshape the course of American history. World War I not only thrust the United States onto the world stage but also had a profound impact on American society, particularly in the political arena. How did American participation in this war transform the nation

If the war in the Ukraine has shown us one thing it’s that high intensity conflict over a prolonged period is still possible and it still produces large numbers of casualties.  The US Army has not had to deal with sustained high casualty operations since the Vietnam war.  Critically, the US has no experience replacing sustained casualties in high intensity combat since the advent of the All- Volunteer Force in 1972.  Every conflict since Vietnam has either been too brief to stress the repla...