<P> The military budget is the portion of the discretionary United States federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense , or more broadly , the portion of the budget that goes to any military - related expenditures . The military budget pays the salaries , training , and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel , maintains arms , equipment and facilities , funds operations , and develops and buys new equipment . The budget funds 4 branches of the U.S. military : the Army , Marine Corps , Navy , and Air Force . In FY 2015 , Pentagon and related spending totaled $598 billion , about 54 % of the fiscal year 2015 U.S. discretionary budget . For FY 2017 , President Obama proposed the base budget of $523.9 billion , which includes an increase of $2.2 billion over the FY 2016 enacted budget of $521.7 billion . </P>
<P> The military budget is the portion of the discretionary United States federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense , or more broadly , the portion of the budget that goes to any military - related expenditures . The military budget pays the salaries , training , and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel , maintains arms , equipment and facilities , funds operations , and develops and buys new equipment . The budget funds 4 branches of the U.S. military : the Army , Marine Corps , Navy , and Air Force . In FY 2015 , Pentagon and related spending totaled $598 billion , about 54 % of the fiscal year 2015 U.S. discretionary budget . For FY 2017 , President Obama proposed the base budget of $523.9 billion , which includes an increase of $2.2 billion over the FY 2016 enacted budget of $521.7 billion . </P>
where does money for the military come from
where does money for the military come from
portion of the discretionary United States federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense
portion of the discretionary United States federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense