Official overseas base cost figures omit over a billion dollars in construction

Evidence

While the OCS includes military and family housing construction costs submitted by each branch of the armed forces, it appears not to include military and family housing construction spending from Department of Defense–wide budgets. Such spending totals 3.6 billion, and since 15 percent of base sites are overseas, one can expect a roughly similar percentage of construction to take place there. This gives us an estimated 537.6 million in additional construction costs. There is also a much larger 4.6 billion in military construction spending at "unspecified locations" worldwide found in the Pentagon budget but missing from the OCS. Without knowing what proportion of this spending occurred at locations overseas, I again conservatively assume 15 percent (in fact, most of the spending may be abroad). This adds another 690 million in costs. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 623

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Pentagon cost report omits overseas troop health care. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 622; The official overseas military cost report omits Navy vessel costs. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 618; Official overseas base cost figures exclude all war-zone maintenance spending — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 643 (+12 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Pentagon cost report omits overseas troop health care. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 622; The official overseas military cost report omits Navy vessel costs. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 618; Official overseas base cost figures exclude all war-zone maintenance spending — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 643 (+12 more)