Draft Re-instated? Not!

The benefits of an all volunteer Armed Forces and why the draft will not be re-instated in the United States via the Toronto Star:

The Army reported 2,781 deserters in 2003, the first time since 1999 that the desertion rate was less than 1 percent of the Army's overall trained enlisted force. That pace has continued in 2004, with 1,470 desertions reported through May, said Lt. Col. John Jessup, who collects Army desertion data for the Pentagon. "It has been a healthy trend. The decline has been significant," Jessup said.