The all-volunteer force made military families an $8 billion annual expense
Evidence
In an era without conscription, troops were, on average, older and more likely to have a wife and children. … By 1988, the military was investing $8 billion a year in family programs around the globe. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 443
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Family support became a labor issue to retain volunteer troops (similarity 0.81)
- For most of US history the Army gave soldiers’ families no formal support (similarity 0.79)