Defense Budget: Trends in Active Military Personnel Compensation Accounts for 1990-1997.

Abstract

The Department of Defense's (DoD) budget request for fiscal year 1997 includes almost $70 billion for pay and allowances for active and reserve military personnel. This represents about 30 percent of DoD'S fiscal year 1997 total budget request. DoD estimates that in 2001, pay and allowances will continue to represent about 30 percent of the total budget. Because the military personnel accounts represent such a large share of DoD's budget, we reviewed them to (1) identify the various pay categories included in the accounts, (2) identify the trends of those pay categories, and (3) determine how changes in the budget compared with changes in service force levels. We also inquired into the reasons for some of the service trends and differences among the services and have included the explanations when available.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 09, 1996
Accession Number
ADA311598

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Budget Estimates
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Infrastructure
  • Language
  • Marine Corps
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Social Security
  • United States

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  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense