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The FY 2009 Pentagon Spending Request - Topline

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by Christopher Hellman [contact information]

by Travis Sharp [contact information]

TABLE 1. TOP LINE REQUEST
(Budget Authority in Billions of Dollars)

  FY’08 FY’09 FY’10 FY’11 FY’12 FY’13

TOTAL
FY’09-
FY’13
DOD Military (051) 568.1 517.9 507.8 521.3 535.2 549.4 2,631.6
DOE and Other 22.5 22.7 23.1 23.6 24.0 24.5 117.9
TOTAL (050) 590.6 540.6 530.9 544.9 559.2 573.9 2,749.5

TABLE NOTES
All “Function 050” and “Out Year” figures are estimates. For the last several years, the Defense Department has released fewer and fewer figures to accompany their budgets. As recently as the FY’04 request, the Pentagon released DoD, DoE and total 050 funding projections for the entire Future Year’s Defense Plan. No longer. Now such projections are done only for those areas of defense spending the Pentagon wishes to highlight. The projected “Out Year” figures here are undoubtedly low. For example, the Pentagon says that defense funding (Function 051) for FY’09 will be $517.9 billion, yet OMB’s figure is a mere $494.8 billion. Figures do not include funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Totals may not add up due to rounding.

SOURCES: Department of Defense, Office of Management and Budget's Analytical Perspectives,Current Services Budget Authority by Function, Category and Program [Table 25-13].)

TABLE 2. FY'09 BUDGET REQUEST BY FUNCTION INCREASE/DECREASE FROM FY'08
(Budget Authority in Billions of Dollars)

  FY’08 FY’09
Requested		 +/- %
Military Personnel 116.5 125.2 +8.7 +7.5%
Operations & Maintenance 164.2 179.8 +15.6 +9.5%
Procurement 99.0 104.2 +5.2 +5.3%
RDT&E 76.5 79.6 +3.1 +4.1%
Military Construction 17.8 21.2 +3.4 +19.1%
Family Housing* 2.9 3.2 +0.3 +10.4%
Revolving Funds 2.7 2.2 -0.5 -18.5%
TOTAL (051) 479.5 515.4 35.9 +7.5%

TABLE NOTES
Totals may not add up due to rounding.

TABLE 3. ACCOUNT PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DEFENSE SPENDING: 051 ACCOUNT
(Budget Authority in Billions of Dollars)

 

FY’09
Requested

 Percentage
of Total
Military Personnel 125.2 24.3%
Operations & Maintenance 179.8 34.9%
Procurement 104.2 20.2%
RDT&E 79.6 15.4%
Military Construction 21.2 4.1%
Family Housing 3.2 0.6%
Revolving Funds 2.0 0.4%
TOTAL (051) 515.4  

TABLE NOTES
*Totals may not add up due to rounding.

TABLE 4. SERVICE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DEFENSE SPENDING: 051 ACCOUNT
(Budget Authority in Billions of Dollars)

 

FY’09
Requested

 Percentage
of Total
Army 140.7 27.3%
Navy 124.4 24.1%
Marine Corps 24.9 4.8%
Air Force 143.9 27.9%
Defense Wide 81.6 15.8%
TOTAL (051) 515.4  

TABLE NOTES
*Totals may not add up due to rounding.

TABLE 5. FY'09 BUDGET REQUEST BY SERVICE INCREASE/DECREASE FROM FY'08
(Budget Authority in Billions of Dollars)

  FY’08 FY’09
Requested		 +/- %
Army 128.4 140.7 +12.3 +9.6%
Navy/Marine Corps 139.1 149.3 +10.2 +7.3%
Air Force 134.3 143.9 +9.6 +7.1%
Defense Wide 77.7 81.6 +3.9 +5.0%
TOTAL (051) 479.5 515.4 +35.9 +7.5%

TABLE NOTES
Totals may not add up due to rounding.

Christopher Hellman 202-546-0795 chellman@armscontrolcenter.org

Christopher Hellman is the Military Policy Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where his work focuses on national security spending, military planning and policy, trends in the defense industry, global military spending, and homeland security. Hellman is a frequent media commentator on these issues. Previously, Hellman worked for the Center for Defense Information, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and spent ten years as a congressional staffer working on national security and foreign policy issues.

Travis Sharp 202-546-0795 x123 tsharp@armscontrolcenter.org

Travis Sharp is the Military Policy Analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where he performs policy work on national security spending, military policy, and Iraq. He has published letters and articles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Foreign Policy in Focus, United Press International, and Peace Review.