1 in 3
The proportion of Service members who "chose to report their sexual assault last year," according to the recently released Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. Ten years ago, that proportion was 1 in 14.
92%
The percentage of Veterans who are men, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs -- Profile of Veterans: 2015 Data from the American Community Survey.
$411 billion
The economic cost of sleep deprivation in the United States, according to a recent research brief from the RAND Corporation -- Why sleep matters: The economic costs of insufficient sleep. This study "quantifies the economic and social costs of insufficient sleep" in the U.S and four other OECD countries -- the UK, Canada, Germany and Japan.
0
The number of combat amputations of upper and lower extremities performed in 2016, according to the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch. This is the first year since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that there were no combat amputations of deployed troops.
$100,000 - $110,000
The amount spent each year by the Department of Defense (DOD) "to compensate the average active duty servicemember (including) cash, benefits, and contributions to retirement programs," according to a recent Congressional Research Service report -- Military Pay: Key Questions and Answers. Although, as the report points out, "some estimates of compensation costs are higher."