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Holiday a reminder of the value of public service.

Publication: Indianapolis Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-MAY-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Holiday a reminder of the value of public service.(ECONOMIC ANALYSIS)(Personal account)

Article Excerpt
This Memorial Day weekend will be especially poignant for me and my family.

This will be the first time I have seen my younger brother, a boyish Air Force colonel, since he returned from a year in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is also the last time I will see him before he departs on another two-year tour in Japan. His wife, also an Iraqi war veteran, is expecting their first child this autumn.

No doubt, the visit will be all too short. The urgency of this visit did make me think about the role of the all-volunteer military force.

The ending of the draft in 1973 ended three decades of compulsory military service in the United States. Compulsory military service had only twice before...

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