$500 billion:
Projected total cost of medical care for U.S. veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
1:1:
Ration of this expense to total military spending on both wars to date
1 in 4:
Chance that an Iraq war veteran who has served two or more tours now has post-traumatic stress disorder
102:
Number of confirmed suicides in U.S. Army in 2006
Harper's Magazine (February)
as reported in Christian Century, March 25, 2008
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