Chart I DOD REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTIES BY MAJOR TYPE AND SERVICE AS OF 30 JUNE 1968 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 120 TOTAL, 79.9 47.1 39.8 100.0 EQUIPMENT IN USE OSD2/0.4 Table 1 Summary of Property Holdings by DOD Component and Type and Class as of 30 June 1968 1/ Excluded from the totals are properties of the Civil Works Division, Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, as shown in Footnote 1, Table 2. 2/ Consists of materials, supplies, and net (unbilled) work in process. For the first time in recent years, neither of the factors that contribute to this ratio was observably affected by increased coverage, so that the ratios for 1967 and for 1968 are on the same basis. It can be seen, therefore, that, while the value of weapons in use increased $4.5 billion (4.7 percent), the value of inventories of supporting equipment and supplies increased almost $2.5 billion (6.0 percent) and the ratio between them rose slightly as it became necessary to back the men and weapons in combat with larger depot stocks and longer pipelines. Navy and Marine Corps again reported the largest value of property "of all kinds, $79.9 billion, an increase of $2.5 billion during the year, and 39.5 percent of the total; about $1.9 billion of this increase was in ships, aircraft, and other weapons. Air Force owned $72.8 billion as of 30 June 1968, about $0.2 billion more than last year, and 36.0 percent of the total. Army reported a total of $45.9 billion, an increase of $4.1 billion during the year, and 22.7 percent of the total. Defense Supply Agency and other elements of the Department of Defense account for $3.9 billion, less than 2 percent of the total. Table 2 shows the geographic distribution of properties by major type located (1) in the United States, (2) in U. S. possessions including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and (3) in foreign countries and afloat. of the $202.5 billion total, $145.8 billion (about 72 percent) was located in the United States; $53.5 billion was in the foreign countries and afloat category, an increase of $4.7 billion. More than half of this is accounted for by the Navy active fleet and the Fleet Marine Forces. Property in U. S. possessions amounted to $3.3 billion. Property in the 50 states increased $1.9 billion during the year. Again this year, reports of supply system inventories, by location, place inventories located in U. S. possessions and foreign countries together in a combined "overseas" total, shown in the foreign category. |