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Active and reserve forces are all on the same Army team

By James Jay Carafano
Published March 23, 2014 12:00am ET
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Active and reserve forces are all on the same Army team
Three Apache helicopters from the North Carolina National Guard, left, escort two Black Hawk helicopters from the Alabama National Guard as they fly a mission over the Kuwait desert Oct. 12, 1998. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan) | BOB JORDAN

Running for president in 1968, Richard Nixon made a bold promise: He would end the draft.

And he did. The Pentagon switched to an “all-volunteer force.”

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