US Navy is just another expensive jobs program in disguise

US Navy is just another expensive jobs program in disguise

On paper the budget for the Navy is $149.3 billion dollars. A heck of a lot of money, but not historically over the top. However, the real War money comes from continuting operations which are not subject to budget constraints.

If you look at the Navy budget: $42 Billion on Personnel, $42 Million on operations and Maintenance, $41 million on purchases, $5 billion on facilities and $20B on R&D, nothing but the size jumps out at you. The budget supports 325,000 Sailors and 194K Marines.

In FY10, the budget is projected at $156 Billion dollars.