Estimated program costs of the Post 9/11 GI Bill over its 15-year lifespan, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation -- Understanding the Cost and Quality of Military-Related Education Benefit Programs. The gist of the report is that there needs to be more research done regarding the efficacy of this program.
The percentage of a sample of mental health providers working with military patients who have experienced "secondary traumatic stress (STS)," according to a study recently published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease -- Secondary traumatic stress among mental health providers working with the military: prevalence and its work- and exposure-related correlates.
25%
18%
50%
The percentage of "private contractors working in conflict environments" who screened positive, respectively, for PTSD, depression, and alcohol misuse, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation -- Out of the Shadows: The Health and Well-Being of Private Contractors Working in Conflict Environments.
The percentage of a sample of 10,400 Army soldiers who reported seriously considering or attempting suicide since joining the military, according to a recent study in the journal Psychiatric Services --
Suicidal Behaviors and the Use of Mental Health Services Among Active Duty Army Soldiers. Thirteen perecent (13%) of the same group reported that they "had seriously considered or attempted suicide at some point in their lives."
85.4
&
14.6
The percentages, respectively, of men and women in "the active component of the U.S. Armed Forces," according to a brief overview in the November issue (PDF) of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report.