On Friday, President Barack Obama announced the end of the Iraq War, saying that U.S. troops will be leaving the country by the end of the year. This comes after many talks with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who at first had expressed concerns that the Iraqi forces would need a U.S. presence to remain in his country as a training force. The Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom has been a very long and arduous road for all involved. Here is some more information on this war by the numbers.
* 4,287: The number of U.S. troops who were killed in Iraq.
* 30,182: The number of U.S. troops who were wounded in Iraq.
* 112,708: The estimated number of civilians killed in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
* 318: The number of non-U.S. troop deaths in Iraq.
* 468: The number of contractors killed in Iraq.
* 150: The number of journalists killed in Iraq.
* 2003: The year in which the deadliest month for civilian deaths in Iraq took place in March with 3,977 being killed.
* 63 percent: The percentage of soldiers who have deployed to Iraq at least once.
* 40 percent: The percentage of soldiers who have deployed to Iraq at least twice.
* 90 percent: The percentage of United States Marines who have deployed to Iraq.
* 15 months: The average length of deployment for soldiers before August 2008 in Iraq.
* 500 per month: The number of calls that the Domestic Violence Hotline for military spouses has received since the start of the Iraq war. The average used to be 50 calls per month.
* 40,000: The approximate number of troops still serving in Iraq.
* $799,981,238,000: The approximate cost to date of the Iraq War.
* $270 million: The amount of daily spending by the U.S. government in Iraq.
* $9 billion: The amount of unaccounted for U.S. taxpayer money that was supposed to be used for the Iraq War.
* 190,000: Number of guns that were either lost or unaccounted for during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
* 12 percent to 20 percent: The estimated percentage of troops who have served in Iraq coming home with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.
* 300,000: The estimated number of mental health casualties from the Iraq War, meaning the number of veterans who are experiencing severe mental problems due to their service in Iraq.
* $660 billion: The amount of money that it is going to take to treat these Iraq War veterans for their lifetimes.
* 1.6 million: The number of Iraqi civilians who have been displaced because of the ongoing war.
Lauren Finnegan graduated from Hawaii Pacific University with a bachelor's degree in political science and has an insider's perspective on the military because of her role as a military wife who has lived around the country.
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