64 and 45
The median ages, respectively, of male and female users of VA benefits in 2014, according to an analysis released last month by the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics --Unique Veteran Users Report: FY 2014 (PDF).
131
The number of national Veterans cemeteries in existence today, along with "33 soldiers’ lots and monument sites, under the VA’s jurisdiction," according to a newly updated Congressional Research Service report -- Veterans’ Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries (PDF)
59%
"The grant rate for Vietnam veterans applying for PTSD-based discharge upgrades" from the Army Board for the Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) since former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hegel issued a memo in 2014 ordering administrative boards "to grant 'liberal consideration' to applications from veterans with PTSD," according to a new report issued by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic, Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization of Yale Law School -- Unfinished Business: Correcting “Bad Paper” for Veterans with PTSD (PDF)
20%
The percentage of "major National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigations that identified fatigue as a probable cause, contributing factor, or a finding," according to a new report in the journal Injury Prevention -- Fatigue in transportation: NTSB investigations and safety recommendations.
One-third
The fraction of military members moved by the Department of Defense every year, according to a recent RAND Corporation report -- Tour Lengths, Permanent Changes of Station, and Alternatives for Savings and Improved Stability. The report looked at how much money could be saved if DoD reduced the number of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves by extending tours of duty. Because a variety of alternatives were considered, the estimated annual savings range was broad -- $19 million to $84 million.