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Defense Budget

The Department of Defense (DoD) requested $535 billion in funding for 2013—a 1 percent increase over its 2012 funding— not including the cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. CBO analyzes the budgetary implications of DoD's defense plans, including military personnel, weapon systems, and operations.

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  • Linking the Readiness of the Armed Forces to DoD's Operation and Maintenance Spending

    April 25, 2011

  • Models Used by the Military Services to Develop Budgets for Activities Associated with Operational Readiness

    February 14, 2012
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Implications of the Department of Defense Readiness Reporting System: Working Paper 2013-03

working paper

May 7, 2013

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Abstract

Derek Trunkey

The Department of Defense (DoD) is developing the DoD Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) to improve on readiness reporting relative to what occurs under the older Status of Resources and Training System (SORTS). The additions and improvements to SORTS are substantial, including the ways in which commanders assess units’ readiness for individual missions, automation of resource and training calculations, and the enhanced ability of associated units to report their combined or separate readiness. DoD’s current plans call for DRRS to be fully implemented by 2014. At present, very little of the improved readiness information contained in DRRS is carried over to the Quarterly Readiness Report to Congress—a report that Congressional oversight committees rely on to assess the readiness of U.S. armed forces. CBO examined potential changes to the Quarterly Readiness Report, including displaying SORTS scores and mission assessments by unit type and deployment status, linking levels of readiness to the amount of available resources, creating readiness summaries for aircraft carrier strike groups, and improving the ways in which unit and personnel rotation are displayed.


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Snapshot of Spending for Military Retirement Pay

posted by Matt Schmit on April 17, 2013

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Snapshot of Spending for Military Retirement Pay

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April 17, 2013


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  • Technical Challenges of the U.S. Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle Program: Working Paper 2012-15

    November 06, 2012

  • Approaches for Scaling Back the Defense Department’s Budget Plans

    March 18, 2013

  • Long-Term Implications of the 2013 Future Years Defense Program

    July 11, 2012

  • An Analysis of the Army's Transformation Programs and Possible Alternatives

    June 02, 2009
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The Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle Program and Alternatives

report

April 2, 2013

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  • Long-Term Implications of the 2013 Future Years Defense Program

    July 11, 2012

  • Costs of Military Pay and Benefits in the Defense Budget

    November 14, 2012

  • An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2013 Shipbuilding Plan

    July 25, 2012
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Approaches for Scaling Back the Defense Department’s Budget Plans

report

March 18, 2013

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H.R. 933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013

cost estimate

March 4, 2013

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H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

cost estimate

December 19, 2012

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  • Long-Term Implications of the 2013 Future Years Defense Program

    July 11, 2012

  • Evaluating Military Compensation

    April 28, 2010

  • Evaluating Military Compensation

    June 29, 2007

  • Recruiting, Retention, and Future Levels of Military Personnel

    October 01, 2006

  • The Effects of Proposals to Increase Cost Sharing in TRICARE

    June 05, 2009
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Costs of Military Pay and Benefits in the Defense Budget

report

November 14, 2012

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  • January 2013 (11)
  • December 2012 (4)
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CBO Releases Report on Costs of Pay and Benefits in the U.S. Military

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November 14, 2012


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H.R. 6365, National Security and Job Protection Act

cost estimate

September 12, 2012

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