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NSIAD-00-100R 1 (2000-02-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacnok0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office National Security and Washington, DC 20548 International Affairs Division B-284701 February 28, 2000 The Honorable Ted Stevens Chairman The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Ranking Member Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Subject: Defense Budget: Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000 Contingency Operations Costs and Funding In response to your request, we are providing you information on the costs and funding of contingency operations, most notably in the Balkans and Southwest Asia during fiscal years 1999 and 2000. On February 15, 2000, we briefed subcommittee staff on (1) the use of funds appropriated for contingency operations in fiscal years 1999 and 2000; (2) the assumptions the Department of Defense (DOD) used to develop budget estimates for contingency operations; (3) the planning and budgeting for the mission rehearsal exercises that military units conduct before deploying to the Balkans; and (4) the funding for the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial initiative, a nine-nation effort to build cooperation in the region and resolve disputes peacefully. This report transmits the briefing slides we provided subcommittee staff at our briefing (see enclosure). SUMMARY DOD reported $5.9 billion in incremental costs for contingency operations in fiscal year 1999. Army costs accounted for about half of reported costs; Air Force costs accounted for about one-third; and the Navy, Marine Corps, and other parts of DOD, such as the Special Operations Command, accounted for the remainder. Most of the funds used, 91 percent, were from the Operation and Maintenance appropriations account, and the bulk of these costs were for what is termed operating support, which includes flying aircraft, steaming ships, operating ground vehicles, and building and operating facilities for deployed forces. From the inception of both the Balkans GAO/NSIAD-00-10OR Defense Budget

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