It’s not taking a huge hit.
It will not grow as fast as some previously assumed it would grow.
It will still be larger than it was the year before. It’s reductions in the rate of growth, not actual cuts.
The sentiment of your argument, though, I agree with.
There was an article several days ago on FR that outlined the cuts and how many mililtary personnel were going to be axed because of the failure of the so called Super Committee(Sorry no link at this time). The administration has already issued the orders for the reductions based on the cuts anticipated. I suppose if the dimwits some how get common sense and agree to tax cuts and spending cuts they will reverse the personnel cuts, but I doubt if that happens.