Breaking down the number of veterans in the 118th Congress

The new Congress includes 80 veterans in the House and 17 in the Senate.
There are seven female veterans in Congress now, the most for any session.
Congress has 42 Army veterans, the most of any single service.
Nearly half of the veterans caucus (47) served a deployment in a combat zone.
The list includes 19 newly elected veterans.
The political breakdown of the veterans in Congress is 72 Republican veterans, 25 Democratic veterans.
Of the group, 60 veterans served at least part of their career in the 2000s.
Texas’ delegation includes 10 veterans, the most of any state.