The Pentagon plans to reduce U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 troops by the end of 2015 and draw down its U.S. embassy presence there to about 1,000 personnel, according to figures released early Monday President Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget request.

The overall baseline funding request for the Pentagon is $534.3 billion, with another $50.9 billion requested for overseas contingency operations. The baseline request is $35 million higher than the $499 billion sequestration cap imposed on defense spending for fiscal 2016 and is significantly higher than last year’s request, due to an additional $24 billion the administration is asking for to modernize a host of weapons systems.