United States Armed Forces

===Budget===
{{Main|Military budget of the United States}}
The United States has the [[List of countries by military expenditures|world's largest]] [[Military budget of the United States|military budget]], followed by [[Military budget of China|People's Republic of China]], [[Military budget of India|India]], United Kingdom, and [[Military budget of Russia|Russia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-top-10-countries-by-military-spending/ | title=Ranked: Top 10 Countries by Military Spending | date=18 August 2022 }}</ref>

The [[James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023]] established the topline defense budget as $857.9 billion, with the Department of Defense receiving $816.7 billion and the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]]'s national security programs receiving $30.3 billion, an 8% increase from Fiscal Year 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/fy23_ndaa_agreement_summary.pdf|title=Summary of the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act|website=armed-services.senate.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.defensenews.com/congress/budget/2022/12/16/congress-authorizes-8-defense-budget-increase/ | title=Congress authorizes 8% defense budget increase | date=16 December 2022 }}</ref>

The [[United States Department of the Air Force|Department of the Air Force]]'s budget, unlike the [[United States Department of the Army|Department of the Army]] or [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]] has a sizable portion of "pass-through." This is money that is not controlled or used by the Air Force, but is instead passed to other Department of Defense agencies and can be up to 17% of the department's budget, giving the impression that it is the most funded military department, but is actually the least funded.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.afa.org/news/congress-must-stop-dods-misleading-budget-practices-and-end-pass-through-practices|title=Congress Must Stop DOD's Misleading Budget Practices and End Pass-Through Practices|website=afa.org}}</ref>

{{Bar chart
| title       = Defense budget by account (FY23)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/strategy-and-congressional-national-defense-authorization-act-fiscal-year-2023 | title=Strategy and the Congressional National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 | date=7 December 2022 | last1=Cordesman | first1=Anthony H. }}</ref>
| label_type  = Accout
| data_type   = U.S. dollars (billions)
| bar_width   = 35
| width_units = em
| data_max    = 300
| label1   = Procurement
| data1    = 163
| label2   = Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation
| data2    = 139
| label3   = Operations & Maintenance 
| data3    = 279
| label4   = Military Personnel & Health 
| data4    = 210
| label5   = Military Construction 
| data5    = 19
| label6   = Defense-related Nuclear Programs 
| data6    = 30
}}

{{Bar chart
| title       = Defense budget by military service (FY24)
| label_type  = Service
| data_type   = U.S. dollars (billions)
| bar_width   = 35
| width_units = em
| data_max    = 250
| label1   = Army<ref>{{cite web | url=https://breakingdefense.com/2023/03/us-army-delivers-185-5-billion-request-for-fy24-maintains-weapon-development-portfolio/ | title=US Army delivers $185.5 billion request for FY24, maintains weapon development portfolio | date=13 March 2023 }}</ref>
| data1    = 185.5
| label2   = Marine Corps<ref>{{cite web | url=https://breakingdefense.com/2023/03/in-255b-budget-navy-prioritizes-3-subs-and-hypersonics-skips-amphib-buys/ | title=In $255B budget, Navy prioritizes 3 subs and hypersonics, skips amphib buys | date=13 March 2023 }}</ref>
| data2    = 53.2
| label3   = Navy<ref name="auto15">{{cite web|url=https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/FY2024/FY2024_Budget_Request.pdf|title=Office of the Under Secretary of Defense {{notatypo|(}}Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer March 2023|website=comptroller.defense.gov}}</ref>
| data3    = 202.6
| label4   = Air Force<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/03/13/air-force-proposes-stagnant-workforce-flight-time-in-fy24-budget/ | title=Air Force proposes stagnant workforce, flight time in FY24 budget | date=13 March 2023 }}</ref>
| data4    = 185.1 
| label5   = Space Force<ref>{{cite web | url=https://spacenews.com/u-s-space-force-budget-hits-30-billion-in-2024-funding-proposal/ | title=U.S. Space Force budget hits $30 billion in 2024 proposal | date=13 March 2023 }}</ref>
| data5    = 30
| label6   = Coast Guard<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-03/U.S.%20COAST%20GUARD.pdf|title=U.S. Coast Guard|website=dhs.gov}}</ref>
| data6    = 13.45
| label7   = Defense-wide<ref name="auto15"/>
| data7    = 141.3
}}