136,000
The number of Americans ages 17-24 who are qualified to and interested in joining the Army, out of a total of 33.4 million, according to a recent article in Army Times, Top recruiter: Just 136,000 out of 33 million young Americans would join the Army.
73%
The percentage of active duty Service men and women who reported experiencing a sexual assault in 2016 who said that the assault happened at a "military location," according to a new report from the Congressional Research Service, Military Sexual Assault: A Framework for Congressional Oversight. Additionally, 12% of women and 18% of men said the assault occurred "while at an official military function."
23
The percentage of U.S. religious congregation which provide "some type of programming to support people with mental illness," according to a new article in the journal Psychiatric Services, Prevalence and Predictors of Mental Health Programming Among U.S. Religious Congregations.
3 million
The number of calls received by the VA's Veterans Crisis Line (1-800-273-8255) since its launch in 2007, according to a Military Times article announcing the opening of a third call center for the service on the campus of the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System in Topeka. The other two call centers, which operate around the clock with about 500 staffers, are in New York and Georgia.
18%
The percentage of the psychological health (PH) workforce at military treatment facilities (MTF) comprising contractors, according to a recent report from the RAND Corporation -- Delivering Clinical Practice Guideline–Concordant Care for PTSD and Major Depression in Military Treatment Facilities.