Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"

By the Numbers - April 1, 2013

By Shirl Kennedy  on 01.04.2013 7:42 am

3% to 20%

The range in percentage of women deployed -- by branch and pay grade -- to Iraq or Afghanistan as of 2010, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine,  Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan: Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families. 3% represents the proportion of female junior enlisted marines, and 20% represents the proportion of female junior Air Force officers. Overall, of military personnel serving in OEF/OIF through 2010, roughly 88% were men and 12% were women.

By the Numbers - March 11, 2013

By Shirl Kennedy  on 11.03.2013 7:42 am

275,000 to more than one million

The number of "men and women who are caring or have previously cared for wounded, ill, or injured service members and veterans," according to a new study by the RAND Corporation, Military Caregivers: Cornerstones of Support for Our Nation's Wounded, Ill, and Injured Veterans. That seems like a wide numerical range but, RAND says, nobody know for sure exactly how many military caregivers there are, and the actual number may be higher.

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