46%
The percentage by which the Post-9/11 Veteran population is expected to increase between 2014 and 2019, according to a report released last month by the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics -- Profile of Post-9/11 Veterans: 2014.
80%
The percentage of military personnel ("members of the Uniformed Services") who "exit their service before 20 years," thus leaving with no retirement benefits, according to a recent DOD report to Congress -- Blended Retirement System: Report to Congress – Implementation Plan for Modernizing the Military Retirement System (PDF). To ameliorate this situation, the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act mandates that the Secretaries of the Uniformed Services submit to Congress "plans to implement a modernized retirement system effective January 1, 2018."
42.8%
The percentage of "hospital bed days" among active duty Service members in 2015 attributable to mental disorders, according to an article in the April 2016 issue of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (PDF).
34.1%
The percentage of soldiers deployed to Afghanistan in 2013 who "reported falling asleep on guard duty," according to an article published online before print in the journal Military Behavioral Health -- The Impact of Insufficient Sleep on Combat Mission Performance. The researchers indicate that this was "significantly associated with the number of hours of sleep per day."
30-50 percent
The percentage of injuries to Service members in the recent Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts that came from improvised explosive devices (IED), according to a new report from the RAND Corporation -- Understanding Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Military Health System.