With a nearly $3.6 billion price tag in damages from Florence, the Corps is worried about the additional destruction that may come with Hurricane Dorian.
Navy warships also begin to sortie out of Hampton Roads while some of the sea service's aircraft fly to safety. Other aircraft will be stowed in hardened hangars in Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
Recruits aboard the Parris Island recruit depot will be bused to Marine Corps Logistic Base Albany as Hurricane Dorian approaches the South Carolina coast.
The Armed Forces Service Medal is awarded to service members who participate in an “operation deemed to be significant activity, and encounter no foreign armed opposition or imminent threat of hostile action."
Conscription using a lottery based system would be a fair, efficient, sustainable, legal and proven alternative to fixing the military's recruiting problem, says the author of this commentary.