Let me first just point out that I was asked to write in favor of the policy. What I actually think does not matter in this situation. What my personal opinions of the current government's decisions makes no difference in what I was asked to do. I am going to do my best to state the case of those in favor of the topic. With that said, I will now respond.

R.Kyra, Paragraph #3:
An All-Volunteer Military force may mean a smaller enlistment number, but it weeds out those trying to make a quick buck. The ones who still want to protect the country would be doing it because they care about the safety of the country, and not for monetary gain. As I do not know President Obama personally, there isn't any way that I can answer your question as to what he is thinking by him doing what he is doing. I would hope that he strongly believes that the policy will work, and therefore puts as strong an effort in making it work.

R.Kyra, Paragraphs #4 and #5:
As I said in the beginning of this post, what I believe doesn't really matter because I was asked to write in favor of the policy. As such, I have to agree that the policy is a good idea (though my personal opinion may or may not be the same). I do agree with you that the military is in certain places to help instead of fight. But all I have read is that the policy lessens the military presence throughout the world, not completely eliminates it. And as for Obama not running for re-election, I did read that. However, the sites where I read it said that they were just joking when they wrote that he wasn't running. I have also read that he is just now officially running for re-election. Regardless, whether or not he is running should probably be best discussed in another thread.