$56 billion.
The amount paid, in FY 2015, to roughly 2.3 million military retirees and survivors, according to a recent Congressional Research Service report (available from the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy) -- Military Retirement: Background and Recent Developments.
Welcome to this week’s edition of CDP News! We like to use this space to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. As we get closer to the official end of summer our event calendar is getting busier and busier.
The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Barriers to Initiating and Continuing Mental Health Treatment Among Soldiers in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS).
● Unintended pregnancy among active-duty women in the United States military, 2011.
Imagine that you want to build a house -- or better yet, that you NEED to build a house to get respite from the elements and to feel safe and comfortable. Unsure where to begin, you seek out a builder to help guide you in this process. You might feel a sense of trepidation. What if this builder doesn’t understand your needs or the kind of house you’re hoping for? Worse yet, what if the houses they build aren’t solid, long-lasting, and sound? Now imagine meeting with that builder and getting vague and confusing details about the building plan with no glimpse of a blueprint, but having to consent to the project. Oh... and you also are required to put down a significant deposit.
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The unintended pregnancy rate among active-duty women in the United States military, according to an article in the December 2015 issue of the journal Contraception -- Unintended pregnancy among active-duty women in the United States military, 2011.