15%
The percentage of active duty soldiers who had a "diagnosed behavioral health disorder" in 2014, according to the first-ever Health of the Force (PDF) report recently released by the U.S. Army Medical Command.
213,600
The number of remaining closed positions, comprising 52 military occupational specialties, that will be opened up to women via a December 3 memorandum (PDF) signed by Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. Most of these specialties are in Army and Marine Corps infantry/armor units. In his memorandum, Ash directed the secretaries of all military departments and chiefs of military departments "to provide their final, detailed plans" for integrating women into these positions by January 1, 2016.
$3.1 billion to $5.7 billion annually
The amount the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that Department of Defense (DoD) could save by replacing military personnel in support positions, according to a new CBO report -- Replacing Military Personnel in Support Positions With Civilian Employees.
Although only military members fill combat roles, the report notes that in 2012, "about 340,000 active-duty military personnel were assigned to commercial positions that perform support functions." By transferring just 80,000 of those slots to civilian or contract personnel, the DoD could realize savings in the range stated above.
10%
The approximate percentage of the "death row population" that are Veterans, according to a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) -- Battle Scars: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty. This represents about 300 Veterans, according to the report.
21%
The percentage of a sample of 488 mental health providers working with military populations who "reported elevated levels of burnout," according to a study published online before print in the journal Psychiatric Services -- Prevalence of Professional Burnout Among Military Mental Health Service Providers.