Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

INTRODUCT IO11
The public seems to be generally willing to accept a decrease in
the manpower of the armd services, As a result of this acceptance the
active draft system has been deleted as a method of acquiring service-
men. Whether this acceptance is warranted remains to be decided however,
and in the meantime this decrease in manpader is something with which
the mi I itary forces must deal. Ihy must we deal with it? Decausc, in
the event that military or naval forces must be called to action on
short not ice, the American people wi II expect and demand the same
readiness and response uhich has always beer. cha.-acteristic of the
armed forces. An uneffectivs response at such a time could cause a
breakdown in one oc all of the systems which oefend nut N.st ional
Security. It is apparent then that,irr the face of major sutbscks in
the quality and quantity e>F individuals joining the .~nnc~I forces, WC
myst continue to maintain 3n effective state of military readiness
which is responsive to situation derunds.
Hany tires we lu:u track of the overall importance *IF our jobs
when WC become involved ii) the ,,-ts of everyday bt~sItx5s. tioweve r
such large problems as th.)t mentioned .bb?\.- are not r-cnudicd by one or
even several decisions or changes. The overall situation, in this
case is Jffcc;ted by many ~1al1 varidblcs Jnd ‘utiun to it will
be dependent upon many SKI I 1 ad jus cmcnt s or changes .hich will in
turn have an overall efiee:t.
The situaticn with which this study ~!c;~ls is one of those small
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