Perhaps we should reconsider funding this unconstitutional standing army. It was never intended that the USA should have one for the very reason that the Founders knew the danger to freedom of government armies.
The "standing army" that the founders warned against is actually currently embodied in the large collection of armed federal "law enforcement" groups. Remember, in the colonial days there was no separate "royal police". The purpose of the king's army was to enforce his will upon his subjects.
The founders objective was to minimize the ability of the federal government to forcibly impose their will upon the people. The feds got around it by creating an army for internal use, but not calling it an army.