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Military Children’s Health Toolkit

Our military children play an important role in our communities. In order to keep them healthy and vibrant, we want to make sure they are aware, and have access to, the resources they need to be resilient members of our military family.

What do you need to know to effectively raise awareness about healthcare for military children?

  • Ranging in ages from newborn to 18 years old, there are approximately 1.9 million military children. Of these, 765,000 children have Active Duty parents and about 225,000 of them have a parent who is deployed.
  • Since 2001, more than 700,000 children have had one or more parents who have been deployed.
  • More than 119,000 babies are born within the military health system each year.

(Sources: health.mil; dodlive.mil; tricare.mil)

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