Costs of military pay and benefits in the defense budget

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Label

Costs of military pay and benefits in the defense budget

Statement of responsibility

[Matthew S. Goldberg]

Creator

• Goldberg, Matthew S

Contributor

• United States, Congressional Budget Office

Subject

• United States -- Armed Forces | Medical care | Costs
• United States -- Armed Forces | Pay, allowances, etc. | Costs
• Military dependents -- Medical care -- United States -- Costs
• Veterans -- Medical care -- United States -- Costs
• United States, Department of Defense -- Appropriations and expenditures

Language

eng

Summary

For fiscal year 2013, the Department of Defense (DoD) requested about $150 billion to fund the pay and benefits of current and retired members of the military. That amount is more than one-quarter of DoD's total base budget request (the request for all funding other than for military operations in Afghanistan and related activities). Of DoD's $150 billion request for compensation in 2013, more than $90 billion would go to basic pay, food and housing allowances, bonuses, and various types of special pay. Another $16 billion would go to accrual payments that account for the future pensions of current service members who will retire from the military (generally after at least 20 years of service). The remainder of DoD's request for compensation in 2013, roughly $40 billion, would cover health benefits

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DID

Government publication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

illustrations

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no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Target audience

general