Besides Social Security, there is not a single greater American expense than the military — not healthcare, not science, not infrastructure.
Over $600 billion was officially budgeted for the 2020 fiscal year, and that number forgets to include hundreds of billions more for hidden expenses. In fact, the cost of potential wars — known more delicately as Overseas Contingency Operations — isn’t even included in that colossal figure. As the years have passed, that number has only gone one way: up.
So where does all this money go? The Army, the Navy, the Air Force, or another military branch? Who inherits the biggest slice of the pie, and how do they then use their cash?
Let’s take a deep dive into the operations, spending, and hierarchy of the American military and answer those questions, once and for all.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:49 Introduce the American Military
04:00 The wide American defense budget
05:24 Budget allocations between the big three (ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE)
07:07 Deep dive: Air force
08:07 Deep dive: Army
08:40 Deep dive: Navy
09:22 Umbrella spending
10:01 How could they reduce their spending?
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