Marine One Landing at White House
President Obama submitted his 2015 budget request to Congress yesterday for its consideration. A budget submission for the Department of Defense and supporting documentation was included.
The defense discretionary budget for 2015 is $495.6 billion, similar to the 2014 budget. Included is an additional $26B called the Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative. Two thirds of the budget at $336.3B pays for current operations. $159.3B is allocated to modernization and recapitalization.
Included in the budget request are:
* $7.7 billion for special operations, a 10 percent increase over this year’s funding
* $7.5 billion for the Missile Defense Agency and $5.1 billion for cyber operations
* 26 F-35As, six F-35Bs, and two F-35Cs in 2015 with a total of 343 Joint Strike Fighters over the five-year Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
* a 288 ship Navy in 2014 which is proposed to grow to about 309 ships over the FYDP
* a 20 percent cut in headquarters operating budgets
* a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round proposed for fiscal year 2017
* funding for 59 Air Force combat-coded air squadrons
* $900 million in funding for the Long Range Strike Bomber in 2015 and $11.4 billion for it over the FYDP
* seven KC-46 Tankers in FY 2015 and 69 aircraft over the FYDP
* $1 billion over the FYDP for a next-generation jet engine
* two Virginia-class submarines and two DDG-51 guided-missile destroyers per year over the FYDP
* three Littoral Combat Ships in 2015 and 14 total over the FYDP
* a Marine Corps end strength of 182,700 in 2015
* 32 Active Army brigade combat teams and 28 Army National Guard brigade combat teams
* proposed adjustments to military compensation and healthcare benefit reforms
Additionally, the budget request for fiscal years 2016 through 2019 exceed the current caps for those years by approximately $115B.
President Obama"s Defense Budget Requests for 2015
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