Military Personnel
- Report
Transitioning From the Military to the Civilian Workforce: The Role of Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers
The Defense Department spent $310 million (in 2017 dollars) on unemployment benefits in 2016, down from $1 billion in 2011. Nearly half of soldiers in the active Army in 2013 applied for those benefits (that share has probably fallen).
- Report
Costs of Building a 355-Ship Navy
CBO estimates that construction costs to build a fleet of 355 ships would average $26.6 billion (in 2017 dollars) per year over the next 30 years, which is 60 percent more than what the Navy has spent on average over the past 30 years.
- Report
An Analysis of the Obama Administration’s Final Future Years Defense Program
The Obama Administration’s final defense plan called for base-budget funding averaging $540 billion (in 2017 dollars) from 2017 through 2021, but it would have reached almost $600 billion per year by 2032 under DoD’s cost assumptions.
- Report
The U.S. Military’s Force Structure: A Primer
The U.S. military’s capabilities and budget are determined primarily by its forces. This report describes each type of major combat unit’s structure, function, strengths and limitations, past usage, size, and cost.
- Cost Estimate
S. 3009, National Guard and Reserve Entrepreneurship Support Act of 2016
As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on June 9, 2016
- Presentation
Replacing Military Personnel in Some Support Positions With Federal Civilians
Presentation by Adebayo Adedeji, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at the 91st Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
- Presentation
Prospects for DoD's Budget Over the Next Decade
Presentation by Matthew Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Director for CBO’s National Security Division, to the Manpower Roundtable.
- Presentation
Prospects for DoD’s Budget Over the Next Decade
Presentation by Matthew Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Director for CBO’s National Security Division, at the Vision Strategic Planning Forum.
- Report
Long-Term Implications of the 2016 Future Years Defense Program
The Department of Defense’s five-year plan calls for budgets averaging $534 billion (in 2016 dollars) from 2016 through 2020, but they would average $565 billion per year from 2021 through 2030 under the department’s cost assumptions.