The biggest benefit US gets from its massive millitary is that the Dollar is the de-facto global reserve currency and energy is priced in dollars. This makes de

The biggest benefit US gets from its massive millitary is that the Dollar is the de-facto global reserve currency and energy is priced in dollars. This makes debt essentially free for the US government (since the demand for dollars and dollar denominated tresury bonds remains high). It also enables strategic energy and reaource extraction companies from US to essentially get their way in most places.