[SkyPilot]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3126242/posts?page=42#42

[DoodleDawg]

Personnel Costs Aren't Exploding

So based on your chart, personnel costs in 1980 were $55.4 billion based on a $168 billion defense budget. In 2010 they were $280 billion based on an $847 billion defense budget.

Boom.