I cannot see that the military is going to hell in a hand cart anymore than it ever has in peace time.
By peace time I mean a time when our country is not directly under threat as percived by the voting public.
It has been seen time and again that when the public percives no risk to themselves questions begin to get asked about military spending...hence the government cuts military spending to appease the voting public (for voting public's opinion read "Trashy Tabloids").
After all how can you justify millions on tanks, planes etc when we can't even keep the hospitals clean. All well and good 'till they need us.
What we need is a good old war, or preferably the threat of a big one, bring back the cold war!!!
Ahh what do I know I'm fresh fish