250,000+
The number of pairs of running shoes that U.S. military recruits go through in a year, according to a recent Congressional Research Service Insight brief report -- Athletic Footwear for the Military: The Berry Amendment Controversy (PDF).
12.9% and 4.3%
The percentages of anxiety disorders among American adults who, respectively, did not complete high school, and those with at least an undergraduate college degrees. These data points come from a recently released brief by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality -- Adults with Less Education Most Likely to Have a Past Year Anxiety Disorder (PDF).
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).