A Comparative Analysis Of Congressional Budget Adjustments For U.S. Special Operations Command

Abstract

The 1986 Defense Authorization Act included the Cohen-Nunn Amendment establishing a unified combatant command for Special Operations Forces (SOF), U.S. Special Operation Command (USSOCOM). USSOCOM s budget has close to tripled between September 11, 2001 and the fiscal year 2012 budget while manpower has almost doubled. These statistics provide sound basis for analysis of USSOCOM s budget and supplemental funds. The purpose of this report is to analyze a segment of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) budgets to see if there is a common theme or reason behind adjustments. Some adjustments are solicited by the services, some by Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) direction, and some are non-solicited adds. The past ten years have had significant effects on all Department of Defense (DoD) and USSOCOM budgets. This research categorizes USSOCOM changes and provides recommendations for future research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA557898

Entities

People

  • Lauren R. Baker
  • Ralph T. Buckles

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Manpower
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control