“We … need to understand what it’s going to mean to keep an all-volunteer force,” McKeon told Fox. “Do we want to re-institute the draft? Some of the cuts we’re talking about would take over 200,000 out of end strength from our military (via The Washington Post).”…

“Sometimes, we forget that a volunteer military is very expensive,” McKeon continued. “No one is proposing resurrecting a conscript system. However, the cuts required under a sequestration scenario would force us to break faith with the troops — destroying our ability to retain forces in sufficient numbers to meet the threats we face.”