The people of the
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) take pride in serving
the men and women who defend America. We take our contribution to
national defense seriously. We work hard to fulfill the important
fiscal responsibilities entrusted to us by the American taxpayers.
We ensure the resources they provide are accounted for
properly.
In FY 2009,
DFAS:
-
Processed 181 million pay
transactions (6 million people)
-
Made 7.8 million travel
payments
-
Paid 12.8 million commercial
invoices
-
Maintained 178.8 million General
Ledger accounts
-
Managed military retirement and
health benefits funds ($426.7 billion)
-
Made $553 billion in
disbursements to pay recipients
-
Managed $37.7 billion in foreign
military sales (reimbursed by foreign governments)
-
Accounted for 956 active DoD
appropriations
You can learn more about DFAS on
the following pages:
-
The
Organization
-- Includes the DFAS mission, vision,
core values and other information that makes this agency a premier
finance and accounting service provider.
-
The
Leadership
-- Biographies of current DFAS leaders and
a look at the talented individuals who have led the agency in the
past.
-
The
Locations
-- Information on the agency's central sites
and key operating locations.
Updated 7 December 2009
(CC)
