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Facts About Veterans and The Armed Forces

There are 19 million living Veterans who served during at least one war (as of April 2021). Veterans represent about 7% of the U.S. population. - Census.gov There are 1.3 million active-duty Service members in the U.S. military. 49.9% are married and there are almost 600,000 active-duty spouses and approximately 964,000 active-duty children.


- 2020 DoD Demographics Rep

There are 1.6 million military connected children.

  • Over 523,000 are school aged (6-18).

  • Over 2 million U.S. children have a parent who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. The average military family moves every 2-3 years.

  • Deployments typically last one year Sometimes, both military parents get deployed at the same time.

  • The average military child will change schools 6-9 times Military children are twice as likely to join the military as civilian children - www.SourceCare.com


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VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS (VSOS)




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