I certainly don’t want to see Defense gutted, but I’m fine with closing a few bases around the world if it will help get us out of this hole. That’s not to say I prefer base closings over other things. If we can find the money elsewhere in wasted government agencies (obviously redundant), then they should be cut first.
I would even return to two services: Army and Navy. We fought WWII without a separate Air Force, and the Civil War practically took place without the Marine Corps. There are military things that can be cut, mostly in the high ranking paper pushing end of things.