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All-Volunteer Forces, Recruitment and Conscription II
All-Volunteer Forces, Recruitment and Conscription II
Wednesday, 18 July 2018: 10:30-12:20
Location: 104C (MTCC NORTH BUILDING)
RC01 Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution (host committee) Language: English
The shift to the all-volunteer force has produced many challenges to the armed forces. One of the main challenges has been the willingness of persons to enlist. This has impacted on recruitment and retention and whether there should not be a reconsideration of some form of conscription given the security situation in Europe. The problem of finding enough volunteers to serve in the armed forces, coupled with the financial pressures facing and the changed security situation pose a particular challenge to armed forces. For this session, the following questions are important: How successful is the recruitment of military personnel? How successful is the retention? Does the change security situation influence this? Are demographic changes influences recruitment and retention? Should countries consider the return to conscription?
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