01-04-13

Members of Congress with Military Experience

The number of members of the new 113^th Congress with military experience declined from the 112^th Congress.  The number of House members with military experience dropped from 87 out of 435 members (20%) in the 112^th Congress to 84 in this session (19.5%). Senators with military experience dropped to 19 out of 100 members (19%) in this session, down from 25 (25%) for the last session.