The sad truth is that we cannot afford a military force that is the present size. If we demand that the federal government must stop spending money that it does not have, then the military will have to be downsized and all branches of the service will have to make painful choices.
OY!! Buckwheat!
Fedgov has a valid, legitimate function to defend the country (i.e. maintain a military).
It has no legitimate function to provide the entitlements it does. Before cutting a VALID function, then ALL non-valid functions should cease FIRST. And the size of the entitlement spending, if fully cut, would allow todays current military budget and sizable tax cuts, at the same time.