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USMC Marine Corp: United States Military
United States Military consists of United
States Army, United States Navy, United
States Air Force, United States
Marine Corps, and United States
Coast Guard. The Coast Guard of the US Military reports to the Department
of Homeland Security during peacetime and to the US Navy during wartime. The
United States Military altogether consists of 1.4 million active duty personnel
and has several hundred thousands of personnel in both the Reserves and National
Guard.
The United States Military budget is the largest in the world. There are many
reasons for this. The US Military has the capability to fight and win wars
overseas to defend the American allies and indirectly controlling the high seas
to protect the American trade. Therefore, it maintains a global presence to
uphold democracy and maintain international stability. It should be able to
fight and win multiple wars at the same time and deal with unexpected global
events.
The next simple reason for the huge spending of the United States Military
is that it can afford such large spending on the US Military. Though
the aggregate amount of military spending is very large, it actually represents
a very meager fraction of the total US economy. Another reason is that although
the national consensus within the United States is to maintain a military of
global capability, yet the human cost in terms of possible casualties and the
overall size of the military has to be at a minimum. This has led to extensive
developments and researches in technology yielding many breakthroughs like space
explorations, computers and Internet, nuclear energy, bulletproof vests, lasers
to shoot down missiles and so on.
Another relatively important point in consideration for the high spending of
the United States Military is that the buying power of money is different in
different places. The general living standards are high in America and the US
Military has to pay decent salaries to all the categories of soldiers.
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