30.9%
The percentage of federal employees, overall, who are Veterans, according to the latest iteration of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management report -- Employment of Veterans in the Federal Executive Branch: Fiscal Year 2015.
28.5%
The percentage of "443,360 active duty service Veterans who deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq and subsequently utilized VHA services between Fiscal Years 2004 and 2013" who "had a non-routine military service discharge," according to a new study recently published online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine -- Non-routine Discharge From Military Service: Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders, and Suicidality.
27.7 million.
The number of people aged 16 and over who drove while under the influence of alcohol in 2014, according to recent report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Illicit Drugs.
1776
The year in which "Margaret Cochran Corbin became the first woman to receive a military pension from Congress for an injury sustained while helping to defend Fort Washington against British troops," according to a recently updated Congressional Research Service (CRS) report -- Women in Combat: Issues for Congress -- made available by the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy.
66%: The percentage of respondents to the Blue Star Families 2016 Military Family Lifestyle Survey who would recommend a military career "to a young person."
42%: The percentage of respondents to the Blue Star Families 2016 Military Family Lifestyle Survey who would recommend a military career "to one's own children."