Veterans in the record
A substantial share of applicants in these cases served in the U.S. armed forces before entering the contractor workforce. This page measures that group: every decided case whose decision states the applicant’s own service in the U.S. armed forces. Measured history, not advice and not a prediction.
By branch, as stated
| Branch | Cases | Resolved favorably |
|---|---|---|
| Army | 2,210 | 32.6% |
| Navy | 1,718 | 33.2% |
| Air Force | 1,252 | 35.9% |
| Marine Corps | 764 | 36.5% |
| Service stated, branch unspecified | 743 | 31.5% |
| National Guard | 336 | 33.6% |
| Reserves | 149 | 30.2% |
| Coast Guard | 35 | 18 of 35 |
Branch as the decision names it. Groups under 50 cases show raw counts.
The financial pattern
Financial concerns appear in 70% of stated-service cases, against 53% of the rest of the record. A 2018 Carnegie Mellon review of a small sample of these cases reported the same pattern and its recurring circumstances: finances mismanaged at home during a deployment, difficult transitions to civilian life, and identity theft while overseas. In the current record, 866 of the stated-service financial cases mention a deployment.
Association, not cause: the record shows which concerns co-occur with a service background, not why. The financial concern itself is covered under Guideline F.
Foreign military service, counted separately
In 414 decidedcases, the only military service the decision attributes to the applicant is in another country’s forces, often mandatory conscription. Those cases are not counted above; it raises a distinct concern, covered under Guideline C, Foreign Preference.
How these numbers are measured
Scope: decided hearing-level industrial cases in the public DOHA record. A case counts as stated service only when the decision itself says the applicant served in the U.S. armed forces (active duty, reserves, or National Guard) and the extraction verified an exact quote from the decision saying so; a relative’s service, civilian work on a base, and foreign forces never count. Because a decision can involve a veteran without ever mentioning the service, every count here is a floor: at least this many. Every rate is shown with the count behind it. These are associations in decided history, and nothing here predicts any pending case.