The True Costs of U.S. Military Bases and Military Presence Overseas
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Table:
Calculating the Costs of U.S. Military Bases and U.S. Military Presence Abroad
All data FY2012 unless indicated by * where some data from
2004, 2008, 2011.
OMITTED SPENDING CATEGORY
|
TOTAL
|
Pentagon “Overseas Cost Summary” Total
|
$22,148,900,000
|
Missing Countries
|
435,404,000
|
Territories,* Possessions, and Pacific Island Nations
|
3,621,220,000
|
Naval Vessels and Personnel outside U.S. Waters;
Prepositioned Ships and Stocks; Other Sealift, Airlift, and Mobilization
|
5,244,562,000
|
Health Care, Military and Family Housing Construction, Exchange*
and Postal Service Subsidies
|
12,526,099,520
|
Net “Rent” Payments and NATO Contributions (Funds from
Other Nations Subtracted*)
|
6,850,087,520
|
Counternarcotics, Humanitarian, and Environmental Programs
|
681,420,000
|
Classified Programs, Military Intelligence, and CIA
Paramilitary Activities
|
13,558,891,583
|
War Costs (Personnel, Operations & Maintenance,
Military Construction, Health Care, 18% of State Department Aid as “Rent,”
Other)
|
104,896,568,660
|
GRAND
TOTAL
|
$169,963,153,283
|
