MAGNITUDE OF DOD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

ACTIVITIES

PROPERTY HOLDINGS

The total of DOD's real and personal property holdings has risen annually from $129 billion in fiscal year 1955 to $184 billion at the end of fiscal year 1966.

Real property holdings increased from $21 to $38 billion and personal property holdings, including construction in progress, from $107 to $145 billion during the 12-year period.

However, "supply systems" inventories have been reduced by $13 billion during this period and "stock funds" by $2 billion. During 1966, there was a small buildup of supply inventories.

TABLE 1.-DOD PROPERTY HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, FISCAL YEARS 1955-66 (1967 FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE) [In millions of dollars]

1 Source: "Real and Personal Property of the Department of Defense," an annual report.

3

Expenditures for DOD military functions as a percentage of the gross national product increased by 5 percent in fiscal 1966 and are estimated to increase more sharply in 1967 and 1968.

TABLE 2.-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES AND GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT-COMPARISON WITH NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAMS AND MILITARY FUNCTIONS EXPENDITURES, FISCAL YEARS 1939-68

1 Bureau of the Budget "National Defense Programs" include Department of Defense military functions, military assistance, atomic energy activities, stockpiling of strategic and critical materials, defense production expansion, Selective Service System, and emergency preparedness activities.

2 Amounts are adjusted for comparability with current coverage of military functions.

Source: OASD (Comptroller).

Table 3, when compared to table 4, reflects an increase of 32,675 military personnel and 100,533 civilian employees between June 30, 1966, and June 30, 1967.

Table 5, when compared to table 6, reflects an increase of $1,092 million in military pay costs and $833 million in civilian employee pay costs between fiscal years 1966 and 1967.