A quick comparison between the size of the Navy Department (which includes the Marines as well as the Navy) and the Coast Guard and the relative size of their FY2012 budget requests:
- Active Duty Personnel: ……………………12.7 times larger
- Budget Request: …………………………….15.6 times larger
- Navy Dept Acquisitions/CG AC&I: …..33.3 times larger
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
In other words if our AC&I budget were proportional to our personnel, it would have to almost triple.