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2023 On War Military History Symposium: Those Who Serve in Today’s All Volunteer Force

This panel will discuss who joins, and who is recruited to serve in today's military.  Why they serve; what impact does it have on the force and society; and what short, and long term implications has the decision to move to an AVF created within American society. This panel will touch on the social, cultural, and economic implications, past and present, associated with the draft and AVF. 

Panel Chair

  • Colonel (USA) Jaron Wharton, Ph.D., Military Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Panelists

  • Kenneth O. Preston, 13th Sergeant Major of the Army  
  • Adrian R. Lewis, Ph.D., David B. Pittaway Professor of Military History, University of Kansas
  • Major General (USA Ret.) Dennis Laich, Author of Skin in the Game: Poor Kids and Patriots