| **GOODWILL, TRADEMARKS AND OTHER ASSETS IMPAIRMENTS (Summary of Impairment Charges) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions** | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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| **Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]**                                                                     |           |           |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                                                                |           | $ 306          |   |   |
| Trademarks, net                                                                                                         |           | 139            |   |   |
| Total                                                                                                                   | $ 0            | 445            | $ 0 | $ 445 |
| VMS reporting unit                                                                                                      |           |           |   |   |
| **Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]**                                                                     |           |           |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                                                                |           | 306            |   |   |
| Trademarks, net                                                                                                         |           | 127            |   |   |
| Total                                                                                                                   |           | 433            |   |   |
| International reporting unit                                                                                            |           |           |   |   |
| **Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]**                                                                     |           |           |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                                                                |           | 0              |   |   |
| Trademarks, net                                                                                                         |           | 12             |   |   |
| Total                                                                                                                   |           | $ 12           |   |   |

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.
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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.
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| - Definition
The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of an intangible asset (excluding goodwill) to fair value.
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.
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