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ia are effectively tied for first when it comes to nuclear warheads each has around 4 300 total either operational or in reserve viii in second and third place are france 290 and china 250 cost for the fiscal year 2015 the official budget for the department of defense was 495 billion that half trillion dollars is the base budget and is what people usually mean when they refer to the military budget however it doesn t include all the money spent on the military in 2015 the u s also spent 85 4 billion ix for overseas contingency operations oco 11 to pay for the wind down of the war in afghanistan another 178 4 billion was allocated under different budget items for defense related agencies and functions including 65 3 billion for the veterans administration 45 6 billion for intelligence agencies not run by the military central intelligence agency national security agency national reconnaissance office national geospatial intelligence program 11 7 billion for the national nuclear security administration in the department of energy added together the total military budget is 693 6 billion that makes the total military spending the second largest federal government expenditure after social security 896 billion military spending has been dropping over the past several years thanks to sequestration and the end of the war in iraq in 2011 its all time high was 851 3 billion in fy 2010 12 x military spending is greater than medicare 529 billion medicaid 331 billion or the interest payment on the debt 251 billion it s also more than the three next largest departments combined health and human services 73 1 billion education 68 6 billion and housing and urban development 32 6 billion it is also more than any other nation in fact it is as much as the military budgets of the nations with the 2 nd through 13 th largest militaries combined some comparisons us military spending accounts for 39 percent or almost two fifths of the world s total military spending us military spending is almost 4 times more than china about 8 times more than russia and nearly 70 times more than iran the united states and its strongest allies the nato countries japan south korea and australia spend approximately 1 2 trillion on their militaries in total representing more than 70 percent of the world s total spending on the military xi in 2011 the pentagon spent 20 2 billion on much needed air conditioning for service members in iraq in afghanistan that was one third of the united kingdom s entire defense budget for that year xii and 1 8 billion more than the entire budget of nasa 13 it is quite clear that what the u s military needs is not more money but the ability to use the money it has more effectively that will be the subject of my next blog post 1 sometimes five the coast guard which is currently part of the department of homeland security serves as both a law enforcement agency and a military force when a war is declared the coast guard can become part of the navy the coast guard has been deployed to war zones during world war ii the korean war the vietnam war and the first and second iraq wars 2 the name is an acronym for sea air land 3 it is also referred to as dod and the pentagon which is the name and shape of its headquarters building until 1947 dod was called the department of war a more accurate name 4 there is a very small third group called warrant officers these are enlisted personnel who have extensive expertise in a specific area like piloting or surgery or even being a chaplain and are in jobs that require the authority of an officer warrant officers outrank all enlisted personnel and are outranked by all officers 5 the department of defense refers to people who serve in front line combat jobs as war fighters was someone concerned the troops would not know what type of fighting they were supposed to be doing 6 the marines are the only part of the military to have a minimum size determined by law in the marine corps bill of 1952 the size was set at three divisions three air wings and supporting forces this law protects the marine corps which does many of the same things the army does from being eliminated or severely cut in size something that was regularly proposed by members of congress seeking to reduce government spending 7 don t feel bad if you don t know the difference between the national guard and reserves many people don t including people serving in them the national guard has a dual state federal mission this means it is normally under the command of the state government but the president can activate it and put it under federal command the guard can be called up for domestic purposes providing aid in the event of national disasters and supplementing or replacing local law enforcement authorities federal troops like the reserves are forbidden by law from performing domestic law enforcement each state has both an air and army national guard which go thru the same training and have the same basic equipment as the active regular air force or army the army air force navy and marine reserves in contrast are solely a federal component of their respective military branches and have no domestic responsibilities both the guard and reserves can be called up for service in wars declared or otherwise 8 during the vietnam war which lasted 19 years only about 9000 members of the guard were deployed to vietnam this was because of the draft which provided a constant flow of new soldiers to the army officially the government says the war lasted 14 years from february 1961 to may 1975 however u s personnel had been involved in the war starting in 1955 the first american soldier killed in the vietnam war was air force t sgt richard b fitzgibbon jr he is listed by the u s department of defense as having a casualty date of june 8 1956 9 they bought it used from russia a lot of noise is being made about the fact that china looks to be building an aircraft carrier and that this is a threat to the u s much of that noise is made by groups which will gain from increased military spending military officers companies which make weapons systems and the members of congress which represent the places those companies are based in 10 the u s navy is a carrier focused operation whether this is a good idea is very debatable they are incredibly expensive and are increasingly vulnerable to less costly munitions see the u s navy s big mistake building tons of supercarriers 11 for oco spending back to 2001 see war on terror facts 12 unlike the amount i put forth as the total u s spending this does not include spending on the va intelligence agencies and nuclear security 13 since the u s civil war the american way of conducting was has been to outspend and out produce whomever it is at war against this has succeeded in the civil war spanish american war world war i world war ii and the korean war it has failed in vietnam iraq and afghanistan it is difficult to see how it will succeed against isis or the government of syria 14 on the democratic side only sen sanders has said anything definite on the topic calling for a major reform on military spending gov o malley has pretty much avoided the issue and sen clinton wants to appoint a panel to examine the issue i office of the deputy under secretary of defense military community and family policy 2012 demographics profile of the military community ii ii office of the deputy under secretary of defense military community and family policy 2011 demographics profile of the military community iii shaping u s military forces revolution or relevance in a post cold war world duane robert worley greenwood publishing 2006 p 19 iv http www globalfirepower com active military manpower asp v why the chinese military is only a paper dragon the week 9 24 2014 vi http www globalfirepower com vii annual report to congress military and security developments involving the people s republic of china 2013 office of the secretary of defense viii http www armscontrol org factsheets nuclearweaponswhohaswhat ix omb fy 2015 budget table s 11 x office of management and budget 2015 budget summary tables table s 11 http www odni gov index php newsroom press releases 198 press releases 2014 1026 dni releases budget figure for fy 2015 base appropriations request for the national intelligence program xi http www globalissues org article 75 world military spending incontextusmilitaryspendingversusrestoftheworld xii u s spends 20 billion a year on air conditioning in iraq and afghanistan the telegraph 6 28 2011 share this share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest like loading posted in marketing leave a comment origins of an elvis costello fanboy posted on september 3 2015 by constantine von hoffman my rock n roll yossarian my groucho my bugs bunny my hero december 1977 my freshman year of high school and i d read a review of this album in rolling stone remember when that mattered thanks to the wonders of the internets i see the reviewer was greil marcus the album was my aim is true by elvis costello and marcus reviewed it and randy newman s new album little criminals together the fact that he d put the first album by someone pretty much no one on this side of the atlantic had heard of with randy newman said everything because marcus was a total newman fan boy like anyone with a lick of sense is one is as established as such a performer can be and it seems is settling into an acceptance of the refusal of the great audience to accept him the other is new on the scene and just possibly a star for these times god knows what other times he might be a star for maybe it was the review maybe it was the outrageousness that someone would dare call himself elvis the king wasn t even four months in his grave then and this was beyond lèse majesté maybe it was the cover which was my first encounter with new wave black and white checkerboard with more than a whiff of the xerox about it raggedly and defiantly different from all that album art that wanted to be considered as capital a art and in the middle this spindly guy with buddy holly glasses a skinny tie cuffed jeans looking like a slightly malevolent praying mantis whatever it was i bought the album and hurried back to our apartment on forest street and listened the sound matched the diy feel of the cover the first song was a snarl at the working week all of your family had to kill to survive and they re still waitin for their big day to arrive but if they knew how i felt they d bury me alive which was pretty much exactly how i felt about school and i was hooked flip the album over though and side 2 started with the song that really made me understand that costello knew even though i was too young to know what knowing was angels wanna wear my red shoes opens with a snaky snarky guitar line and lyrics that told me at last here was my rock n roll yossarian my groucho my bugs bunny my hero oh i used to be disgusted and now i try to be amused but since their wings have got rusted you know the angels wanna wear my red shoes but when they told me bout their side of the bargain that s when i knew that i could not refuse and i won t get any older now the angels wanna wear my red shoes i became an evangelist carrying the album to school and back to try and get friends to listen to it for most it was too outré believe it or not the name the look some wouldn t listen because of that some did and those that did got it my mom became a fan she loved the lyrics although got tired of me playing it over and over and went and bought me my first ever pair of headphones over the next six years he put out four more great albums this year s model armed forces get happy imperial bedroom and three very good ones trust almost blue punch the clock and since then nothing has lived up to that first mad rush of brilliance doesn t matter i ve been a fanboy since 1977 and i ll be one until both of us have shuffled off this mighty mortal coil share this share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest like loading posted in bugs bunny catch 22 elvis elvis costello elvis presley elvist costello rock and roll tagged bugs bunny elvis costello music my aim is true randy newman rock and roll rock n roll yossarian leave a comment reflections on the american german military cemeteries in normandy posted on june 6 2015 by constantine von hoffman wars leave behind memories which erode quickly and memorials which do not hindsight age and revisionism can change memories but the memorials are fixed they are guides to how a nation wished to remember a war deeply political testaments to why nations fought and what they think came out of it there are 28 military cemeteries in normandy sixteen for british commonwealth troops two american two canadian one polish six german and one french probably the best known is the american cemetery and memorial at omaha beach in colleville sur mer featured in the opening and closing scenes of saving private ryan it is located just yards from omaha beach one of three american landing areas in the d day invasion the battle there particularly fierce and accounted for close to half of the nearly 6 000 americans killed wounded missing or captured that day american cemetery and memorial at omaha beach today it is difficult to imagine a battle here the german fortifications have been removed and the craters filled in it is now home to a tranquil respectful tribute to the battle and the americans who died in the war the 172 acres of the site hold a museum a large memorial and the graves of 9 387 american men and women most of who died during d day the museum tells the story of some of the people who died there and why the battle and the war were fought with the expected respectful tone while some special attention is given to gen eisenhower who commanded the invasion the troops are the primary focus the museum provides a database to look up the names of people buried here and where their graves are located from the museum you follow a walkway which runs along the top of bluffs and overlooks a wide beautiful beach it is a serene view with dense green shrubbery running down the bluffs and ending at a wide sandy shore this is where the bulk of fighting took place two paved paths offer an easy way to get quickly from the heights to the beach nothing about it suggests men trying to climb those bluffs as other men fired down on them continue past this vista and you come to what has been formally 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