I preface my comment by saying that I'm a US Army veteran, own property, and pay taxes. Lots of taxes.

The US has 20 aircraft carriers in service already, with 20 more being built or planned. Literally, more than all the rest of the world's nations together. We have more nuclear missile submarines than our collective competitors and nearly as many nuclear missiles, especially when multiple warheads are counted as the other top missile dog, Russia. Enough nuclear firepower to return the planet to the stone age many times over. Just the Air Force alone has over 5,000 combat aircraft. We have over 660 active bases in at least 38 other countries

My point is, aside from making weapons financiers, manufactures and "base builders" richer, why do we need a bigger military budget. How come we can't continue to dominate the globe with what we've got?