Funding for Overseas Contingency Operations and Its Impact on Defense Spending

Abstract

Since 2001, the Department of Defense (DoD) has regularly requested and received large appropriations to augment the base-budget funding provided in its regular, annual appropriations. The additional, or nonbase, funding has totaled about $2.2 trillion, amounting to about 20 percent of total defense appropriations over that time. About 98 percent of that sum has been designated for military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere known as overseas contingency operations (OCO)that began after 9/11.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1134872

Entities

People

  • F. M. Woodward

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosive Devices
  • Force Protection
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Law
  • Maintenance
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Perception
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting