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In 1973 the United States shifted to an all-volunteer military as a result of a declining male manpower pool between the ages of 17 and 21 and widespread anti-draft public sentiment in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.1 Since that time the number of servicewomen has risen from less than 1 per cent of the services to approximately 11 per cent.2 More than 228,000 women now serve in the US armed forces.
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Hanna, P.B. (1994). An Overview of Stressors in the Careers of US Servicewomen. In: Addis, E., Russo, V.E., Sebesta, L., Campling, J. (eds) Women Soldiers. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23495-0_4
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