Defense Budget: Trends in Active Military Personnel Compensation Accounts for 1990-97

NSIAD-96-183 Published: Jul 09, 1996. Publicly Released: Jul 09, 1996.

Highlights

GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) active components' military personnel accounts, focusing on: (1) the accounts' various pay categories; (2) trends in those pay categories; and (3) how changes in the DOD budget compared with changes in service force levels.

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Topics

National Defense

Budget cutsDefense budgetsDefense cost controlFuture budget projectionsMilitary downsizingMilitary expense allowancesMilitary payMilitary personnelPersonnel managementVariable incentive pay