You are right of course. Any frippery that detracts from the schwerpunkt is an unnecessary distraction, wasteful, politically incorrect and should be discarded.
As for uniforms, it is about time they were uniform, and that includes British army officers' socks. Do away with elitist and divisive maroon, blue, green, sand berets, coloured trousers, kilts, cap badges, wings and badges. Suppose we'll have to keep badges of rank until the revolution, but there should be none of this craftsman, trooper, rifleman, corporal of horse, lance sergeant rubbish. Uniform! That's what it's called, and that's what it should be.
That should save enough money to pay for one new truck.