The balance of the volume is devoted to the challenges the Department of Defense will face in sustaining the AVF in the future in light of recent U.S. troop commitments around the globe.
Barbara A. Bicksler is a senior policy analyst at Strategic Analysis, Inc. She lives in McLean, Virginia. Director of Accession Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Curtis L. Gilroy has published extensively on military manpower issues. He lives in Vienna, Virginia. John T. Warner is professor of economics at Clemson University and co-editor of Defence and Peace Economics. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina.