The military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense, or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any
US 2010 military budget spending
Appropriated 2016 budget and proposed 2017 budget
Anti-war protest in Washington, D.C., 20 March 2010
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The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. United States federal law establishes six armed forces: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Gua
Military budget of the United States
…civilian personnel, maintains arms, equipment and facilities, funds operations, and develops and buys new items. The budget funds the six branches of the US military: the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Space Force. Critics contend that recent U.S. defense budgets have disproportionately invested…
The Joint Chiefs of Staff in January 2026
1st Armored Division infantry, an M2 Bradley armored vehicle, and AH-64 Apache attack helicopters as part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria
82nd Airborne Division paratroopers parachuting from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane
U.S. Army Rangers with the 75th Ranger Regiment prepare for extraction on a MH-47 Chinook