Requirements to Becoming a Notary Public. 1  You must be a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 2  You must be a resident or employed in the State of Illinois for at least 30 days. 3  You must be at least 18 years of age.  You must be able to read and write the English language.
The U.S. military budget is $824.1 billion. That's the budget for Fiscal Year 2018 which covers the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Military spending is the second largest federal government expenditure, after Social Security at $1 trillion. U.S. military spending is larger than the next nine countries combined. There are four components. First is the $574 billion base budget for the Department of Defense. Second is the Overseas Contingency Operations for DoD to fight ISIS ($64.6 billion). There's more to military spending than the Department of Defense. Many other agencies are involved with protecting our nation.
The United States has a point in noting that its commitment is disproportionately large. Last year it spent 3.6% of its GDP on defence, the highest ratio of any NATO member (and the highest total military budget in the world by a hefty margin). That is almost double the target of 2% of GDP that NATO members all agreed to in 2006.