By the Numbers: 19 March 2018

By the Numbers: 19 March 2018

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2.77 Million

The number of Service members who have served on 5.4 million deployments, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation -- Examination of Recent Deployment Experience Across the Services and Components. The report indicates:

  • 86 percent deployed were enlisted; 10 percent were women.
  • On average, deployed personnel were under 30 years old; more than half were married, and about half had children at the time of the deployment.
  • The average length of deployment varies across the services; multiple deployments are not uncommon.
  • The majority of soldiers with deployment experience were no longer serving in the Army as of September 2015, but the majority of heavily deployed soldiers remained in the Army.
  • These heavily deployed soldiers make up about 13 percent of all soldiers but possess half the Army's deployment experience.
  • The experience of the most–intensely deployed Service members represents a unique resource.