The U.S. special Operations Command budget has been relatively flat over the past decade, failing to keep pace with inflation and reducing the command's purchasing power by 14%. I was disappointed to see that SOCOM's FY27 budget request was only $223 million higher than last year's enacted level, dropping even further from an already less than 2% to now just above 1% of the department's overall budget. All of this comes despite being increasingly asked to do more. From 2023 to 2025, there was a 35% increase in combatant Command demand for soft capabilities alone. (06:51–07:06)
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Asserts that SOCOM's FY27 budget request is only $223 million higher than last year, representing just above 1% of the department's budget.
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