• 30 percent of active duty and reserve military personnel deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have a mental health condition requiring treatment – approximately 730,000 men and women with many experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression.
• Less than 50 percent of returning veterans in need receive any mental health treatment.
• The Department of Veterans Affairs reports that approximately 22 veterans die by suicide everyday.
• Lengths of deployments are associated with more emotional difficulties among military children and more mental health problems among U.S. Army wives.

~National Council for Mental Wellbeing