Is the volunteer army a success

Louis Yunengert, who teaches at the Army War College, thinks so. He reminds us that the Commission which made the decision had some concerns:
• the possible mercenary motivation of volunteers 
• the creation of a separate warrior class within the society 
• a greater propensity of political leaders to employ the force 
• the possibility of a disproportionate percentage of volunteers being from lower economic classes and African-Americans 
• the expense of a recruited military 
• possible quality issues, and 
• opportunity costs associated with expanding personnel expenses within a fixed defense budget.

I think the major reason for reinstating the draft is our propensity to go to war. It is much more likely now. We deployed forces 19 times in the draft years between 1945 and 1973 (.7 a year) and since the end of the draft we have deployed forces 144 times (3.3 a year).