1. NOTE: Don’t know/Refused responses not shown.
SOURCE: The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Iraq and Afghanistan Active Duty
Soldiers and Veterans (conducted August 1 – December 15, 2013)
Many Report Worse Physical Or Emotional Health
After War
12%
11%
12%
12%
12%
12%
43%
56%
37%
31%
39%
28%
45%
34%
50%
56%
49%
59%
Better Worse About the same
Physical health
All
Mental and emotional health
Combat arms
Combat support
All
Combat arms
Combat support
Thinking about your physical/mental and emotional health now compared to before your involvement in the Iraq and/or
Afghanistan war(s) would you say your physical/mental and emotional health now is better, worse, or about the same?

2. 51%
66%
42%
All
Combat arms
Combat support
SOURCE: The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Iraq and Afghanistan Active Duty
Soldiers and Veterans (conducted August 1 – December 15, 2013)
Widespread Awareness Of Suicide Attempts
And Homelessness
…become homeless, or not?…attempted or died by suicide, or not?
20%
26%
16%
Do you personally know a service member or veteran from the Iraq or Afghanistan wars who has…

3. After your active duty military service/Thinking ahead to
when you decide to leave the military, would you say
your/do you think your re-adjustment to civilian life
was/will be easy or difficult?
Transitioning To Civilian Life
Easy
50%
Was
Difficult
39%
Will Be
Difficult
10%
Is doing
enough
46%
Is NOT
doing
enough
51%
No opinion
4%
SOURCE: The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Iraq and Afghanistan Active Duty
Soldiers and Veterans (conducted August 1 – December 15, 2013)
Overall, do you think the military is or is not doing
enough to help veterans transition back to civilian life?

4. NOTE: Don’t know/Refused responses not shown.
SOURCE: The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Iraq and Afghanistan Active Duty
Soldiers and Veterans (conducted August 1 – December 15, 2013)
Majority Feel Disconnected, Not Understood
Now I am going to read to you things that some service members have experienced and others have not. For each, tell me
how often, if at all, you personally have experienced the following as a result of your military service.
69%
55%
45%
41%
19%
29%
44%
52%
59%
66%
2%
15%
Feeling the average American
didn't understand your
experience
Feeling disconnected from civilian
life
Relationship problems with your
spouse or partner
Outbursts of anger
Relationship problems with your
children
Often/Sometimes Rarely/Not at all Not applicable
50%

5. 38%
44%
30%
53%
58%
50%
66%
41%
4%
6%
4%
6%
Worth fighting Not worth fighting No opinion
Attitudes Toward The Wars
All in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, do you think the war in Iraq
was worth fighting/Afghanistan has been worth fighting, or not?
Afghanistan
Post-9/11 Service Members
SOURCE: The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Iraq and Afghanistan Active Duty Soldiers and
Veterans (conducted August 1 – December 15, 2013) and Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted
December 10-15, 2013)
General Public
Iraq
Post-9/11 Service Members
General Public

6. SOURCE: The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Iraq and Afghanistan Active Duty
Soldiers and Veterans (conducted August 1 – December 15, 2013)
Nine In Ten Say They Would Do It Again
Considering everything you now know about military service, if you had the chance to make the decision again, would
you choose to join the military, or not?
Yes
89%
Dk/Ref 1%
No
10%