2.5x
Factor by which veterans who identify as LGBTQ experience food insecurity as opposed to heterosexual veterans, according to a study published by JAMA Network Open -- Food Insecurity Among LGBQ+ Veterans.
225,000
The approximate number of new recruits who joined the U.S. Military in FY 2024, according to a press release from the Department of Defense, which indicated that this was about 25,000 more new recruits than the previous year.
3,853
The number of "active duty and activated National Guard or Reserve service members [who] received a documented diagnosis corresponding to gender dysphoria from January 2015 to August 2022," according to an article published online in BMC Health Services Research -- Oscillating US Department of Defense policies and medical record documentation of gender dysphoria in service members: an observational time-series analysis.
62.4%
The percentage of firearm suicide deaths in 2021 that were military veterans, according to a study published in the Journal of Preventive Medicine -- Gun Ownership for Safety/Protection and Unsecure Firearm Storage Practices: Suicide Risk and Prevention among U.S. Army Servicemembers.
47,925
The number of homeless veterans housed by the VA in FY 2024, according to a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs press release.