U.S. Military Presence
[The U.S. Department of Defense has] individuals stationed in more than 146 countries dedicated to defending the United States and its interests around the world…
In FY [(Fiscal Year)] 2008, the Defense Department’s Total Force included over 2.9 million men and women on active duty, civilians, and Reserve and Nation Guard, as well as hundreds of thousands of contract support employees…
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified 27 government-wide areas as “high risk” for fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, or a need for broad-based transformations to address major economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges. DoD is exclusively responsible for nine areas…
Cumulative number of Iraqi Security Forces (ISFs) trained: 558,279…
The Department [has] $1.7 trillion in assets. These assets represent amounts that the Department owns and manages, $750 billion in equipment, property, etc., $400 billion in U.S. treasuries, $460 billion in funds at the U.S. Treasury…
The Department’s liabilities total over $2.1 trillion dollars, $1.9 trillion of which is for retired military and other employment benefits, 80% are unfunded liabilities.
Fiscal Year 2008 Citizens’ Report Summary of Performance and Financial Results, U.S. Department of Defense, January 15, 2009, http://comptroller.defense.gov/docs/citizensreport.pdf.
Military Personnel counts by country: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2007/hst0712.pdf.
The worldwide real property portfolio managed by the Department of Defense encompasses a footprint that includes all 50 states, 7 U.S. territories, and 38 foreign countries of which the majority of the foreign sites are located in Germany (235 sites), Japan (123 sites) and South Korea (87 sites).
This report includes… If the site is located in a foreign country, it must be larger than 10 acres OR have a PRV (Plant Replacement Value) greater than $10 million.
Total Base Overseas = 716
Total Buildings and Structures Overseas = 102,783
U.S. Department of Defense, Base Structure Report, Fiscal Year 2009 Baseline, http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/2009Baseline.pdf.