There are plenty of people on Freerepublic who are eager to believe the old leftist lies that our military sell their souls for a few coins.
In my experience, it simply is not true, nor is it true that the large corporations conspire to sell us inferior products in order to make higher profits.
There are always differences in opinions about what should be bought, and how much. It is not easy to determine what the right mix is. But nearly all the time, people act with integrity. Certainly, there are lapses, mistakes, and some bad actors. But, they are the exceptions that prove the rule.
Americans generally have the best equipment that money can buy... and mostly, it is because we are the richest country on earth, because we are the most productive and the most free (the two go hand in hand).
There is often incompetence, granted. But our military has never been against either the common soldier OR the country.