A Military of Many: Soldiers and Families Serving Here and Around the Globe

MILITARY OF MANY SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BREAKDOWN OF ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS AIR FORCE MARINE CORPS COAST GUARD ARMY NAVY 546,057 328,812 314,339 198,820 41,849 NAVY 22.0% MARINE CORPS 13.9% ARMY 38.2% AIR FORCE 23.0% COAST GUARD 2.9% THERE ARE 202,876 WOMEN AND 1,185,152 MEN IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACTIVE DUTY FORCE. MILITARY BASES NOW AND THEN THE U.S. FIRST ESTABLISHED PERMANENT BASES OVERSEAS AFTER VICTORY IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR OF 1898. 15,654 THE TOTAL KNOWN LAND AREA OCCUPIED BY U.S. MILITARY BASES SQUARE MILES AND FACILITIES * THAT'S BIGGER THAN WASHINGTON, D.C., MASSACHUSETTS, AND NEW JERSEY COMBINED. U.S. MILITARY BASES AND PERSONNEL ARE DEPLOYED IN MORE THAN 150 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. THERE ARE MORE THAN 700 U.S. MILITARY BASES OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, NEW BASES HAVE BEEN BUILT IN 7 COUNTRIES. MILITARY BASES IN THE U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL, BY STATE (IN THOUSANDS) S 25 25-50 D.C. 50-75 *> 75 MILITARY PERSONNEL PER 100,000 CIVILIANS, BY STATE 400 401-700 D.C. 701-1,000 *> 1,000 MILITARY PERSONNEL INCLUDES ACTIVE DUTY RESERVES, NATIONAL GUARD, AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD. ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS AROUND THE WORLD THE 3 MAIN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER ASSIGNMENTS 87.5% 6.5% 5.4% U.S. AND ITS EAST ASIA EUROPE TERRITORIES THE 10 STATES WITH THE HIGHEST ACTIVE MILITARY POPULATIONS HIGHEST TO LOWEST CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON 2 TEXAS FLORIDA 3 VIRGINIA 8 HAWAII 4 NORTH CAROLINA 9 KENTUCKY 5 GEORGIA 10 SOUTH CAROLINA ACTIVE DUTY U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERSEAS 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 YEAR * OTHER * MIDDLE EAST * EAST ASIA * EUROPE FAMILY MATTERS 2,228,348 THERE ARE ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVES 3,066,717 FAMILY AND MEMBERS (INCLUDING SPOUSES, CHILDREN, AND ADULT DEPENDENTS). 36.8% MILITARY PERSONNEL ARE MARRIED WITH CHILDREN. PERCENT OF ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS WITH CHILDREN, BY SERVICE 49% 45% 31% 42% ARMY AIR FORCE MARINES NAVY & 58% 45% OF ACTIVE DUTY MALES OF ACTIVE DUTY FEMALES ARE MARRIED. PERCENT OF MARRIED ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS, BY SERVICE 59% 59% 49% 54% ARMY AIR FORCE MARINES NAVY MILITARY FAMILIES RELOCATE 2.4 TIMES MORE OFTEN THAN CIVILIAN FAMILIES, ON AVERAGE, EVERY 2-3 YEARS. MILITARY CHILDREN 19 to 22 YEARS 4.4% O to 5 Years 42.4% 12 to 18 Years 22.4% 6 to 11 Years 30.8% WE ARE FAMILY: FAMILY AND ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS Family Members Active Duty Members 58.3% 41.7% ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS INCLUDE BOTH MARRIED AND SINGLE INDIVIDUALS. FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDE SPOUSES, CHILDREN, AND ADULT DEPENDENTS. IN MILITARY FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA BETWEEN 2001 AND 2011, MORE THAN 900,000 CHILDREN EXPERIENCED THE DEPLOYMENT OF ONE OR BOTH PARENTS MULTIPLE TIMES. SINCE 2001, MORE THAN 2 MILLION CHILDREN HAVE HAD A PARENT DEPLOYED AT LEAST ONCE. MILITARY SERVICE INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST ONE MAN OR WOMAN. HUSBANDS, WIVES, CHILDREN, AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS HELP SUPPORT OUR ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. Thank you. Quicken Loans MILES for MILITARY ******* ***** NET For information about Miles for Military, visit QuickenLoans.com/Homefront Brought to you by: In Partnership with: Quicken Loans Engineered to Amaze GHERGICH&Co. QuickenLoans.com militaryonesource.mil • rand.org • businessinsider.com nationalpriorities.org • npr.org • dosomething.org NUMBER OF ACTIVE DUTY U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERSEAS