11 Facts about Military Families

Over half of our troops have a spouse, children, and/or an adult dependent on them.
Women represent 95 percent of military spouses and 80 percent are younger than the age of 35.
There are approximately 1.5 million children and youth today in U.S. public schools whose parents are in the military.
More than 1 in 10 Active Duty members are married to someone who is also in the military.
In an NCLD study, researchers concluded that one-third of the parents left at home while their partners were deployed experienced increased anxiety and depression.
2 in 5 members of the military have one or more children.
Spouses of deployed soldiers are more likely than spouses of not deployed soldiers to be dissatisfied with their job and their child care options.

Almost 40 percent of recently returned deployed parents showed elevated anxiety and depression.

120,000 military families have a member with special needs (either a chronic medical condition or a special education need).
Military children are at a high risk for developing aggressive behavior. 83% of Vietnam combat veterans' children have higher aggression scores than children of non-veterans.
Only 18% of female service members report that their spouse favored them staying in the armed forces, compared with 41% of male service members who expressed a similar sentiment from their spouses.
Military children are three times as likely to have clinical levels of anxiety than the general child population.