Military Service
"Never in our country's history have so few been asked to do so much"
- John Freudenberg, Government and Military Affairs Liaison

• 2.77 million have served in our wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Syria
•  1.3 million are current active-duty military
• 826,000 are National Guard and Reserve
• 17% of today's military are women
  
• 7,000 service members have died in our post-9/11 wars
  

• 54,000 suffered physical wounds
• 325,000 have suffered a traumatic brain injury
• 970,000 veterans have an officially recognized war-related disability
• 11-20% of veterans have a diagnosis of PTSD

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Military Families and Children
"Our nation did not anticipate such protracted conflicts. We owe it to military families and children to better understand and address challenges they are facing today"
- Mary Scott, National Military Family Association

• 55% of today's military is married
• 43% of today's military has children
• 84,000 are dual military couples
• 36,000 are dual military couples with children
• 1 million spouses, children, and other family members are caregivers to post-9/11 veterans
• 37% of military spouses have one or more mental health diagnoses due to multiple and prolonged deployment of a partner.

• 2.2 million children have parents who served in post-9/11 wars:
  • 37% of military children are 0-6 years of age
  • 31% are 6-11 years of age
  • 24% are 12-18 years of age
  • 7% are 19-22 years of age
• A military child will change schools 6 to 9 times 
• 4,000 children have had a parent die in our post-9/11 wars

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