Learn about sepsis (blood infection) symptoms, causes, treatment, prognosis, and prevention. Causes of sepsis include pneumonia and urinary tract infection. People who are septic are in a state of shock. Find out if sepsis is contagious.
From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means. In 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military. The registration requirement was suspended in April 1975. It was resumed again in 1980 by President Carter in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Updated October 30, 2015. The Army is the only branch of the US Armed forces which has relied on conscription, popularly known in the US as The Draft.. In 1973, at the end of the Vietnam War, Congress abolished the draft in favor of an all-volunteer Army (AVA). The Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard are not meeting recruiting goals, and junior officers are not re-enlisting.