2009 Total Military Budget
The total requested military budget of the United States for 2007 was $699 billion.
U.S. Military Budget - DoD Base Spending: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has the single largest budget of any government agency in the discretionary budget. This department is responsible for the four branches - the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. This includes the cost of base administration, pay for military members, and the costs of repairing and procuring equipment.
- FY 2006, Defense Department base budget expenditures were $411 billion, nearly half of net discretionary spending.
- FY 2007, it increased to $430 billion, still about half.
- FY 2008, it is projected to grow to $481 billion, or 52%.
U.S. Military Budget - War on Terror Base Spending : The War on Terror (WoT) incurs additional costs by other departments. When added to the DoD base spending, the amount comes to:
- $474 billion in FY 2006, which is 56% of net discretionary spending,
- $505 billion in FY 2007, and
- $554 billion in FY 2008, nearly 60% of discretionary spending.
- FY 2006 Supplemental Funding : The Defense Department base budget also does not include “one time only” costs attributable to the War on Terror, which are submitted as Supplemental Funding.
- In FY 2006, an additional $153 billion in Supplemental Funding was added to the base budget - the War on Terror received $120 billion, while $33 billion went primarily for Hurricane Katrina. As a result, 60% of last year's discretionary spending went to DoD/WoT.
- FY 2007 Supplemental Funding : For FY 2007, $70 billion has already been approved, while the President’s FY 2008 Budget requests an additional $102 billion. If approved by Congress, total FY 2007 spending for DoD/WoT would be $673 billion, or 64% of the net discretionary budget.
- FY 2008 Budget Proposal : For FY 2008, the President has requested the following:
- The Defense Department Base Budget - $481 billion.
- WoT(non-DoD) Base Budget - $73 billion.
- Supplemental Funding for WoT - $145 billion.
- Total requested Dod/WoT spending is $699 billion, or 65% of total net Discretionary spending.
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