Suspended Draft: Effects on the Composition and Quality of the Military Workforce in the German Armed Forces
Journal: Calhoun: The Naval Postgraduate School Institutional Archive (Naval Postgraduate School)
Year: 2016

In 2011, the German Armed Forces became an All-Volunteer Force for the first time since 1955. Less than one year after first proposed, the end to mandatory conscription became official, giving insufficient time to consider the consequences that such a drastic change in military manning methods might have on the overall effectiveness of German National Security. To date, five years later, little research exists regarding what effects the switch has had on quality of the recruit population. The th