Verizon customers can check messages without their cell phone. NA/AbleStock.com/Getty Images. Verizon Wireless is a leading competitor in mobile technology. From Internet to multiple forms of messaging, a Verizon customer can stay in contact with colleagues, friends and family.
End of Vietnam draft January 27, 1973 - Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces the draft is ended in favor of voluntary enlistment. Nixon changed the draft to a lottery in '71. + 108 others found this useful.
Retired Officer Magazine. In 1940, the United States instituted a peacetime military draft that helped provide troops for World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. On Jan. 27, 1973, the day the Vietnam peace pacts were signed, the draft was ended. Fast-forward to the present, when some armed services are having difficulty meeting recruiting goals.