Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"

By the Numbers - May 23, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 23.05.2016 12:16 pm

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."

By the Numbers - May 9, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 09.05.2016 12:05 pm

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."

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