I did my time up until retirement, then moved to Eastern Europe to enjoy it. What I can say is that I know literally dozens of senior enlisted men, officers, and warrant officers who have made the choice to abandon the armed forces in the United States rather than be forced out via political purges. At least if they file their retirement paperwork, they can get out with a shred of dignity rather than being drummed out for refusing to call some tranny freak a female.

The United States military is in a severely weakened state. We can no longer maintain our vehicles whether they be air, land, or sea, we're unable to conduct proper training exercises due to budget constraints, and our soldiers equipment is in short supply in garrison. Were we to go to war with a well organized and supplied military, we'd be suffering on four fronts. Our leaders would be inexperienced ideologues who are placed into these positions for reasons other than merit, our mobility would be severely hampered from the outset due to >50% being NMC, our fighting force is poorly trained, inexperienced, undisciplined, and self-absorbed, and even if all of that we're to be resolved we'd still be under-equipped across the board. Our weapons, ballistic armor, ammunition, and individual equipment are either obsolete, worn out, or nonexistent.

In short, we're fucked if we go to war with anything but a ragtag group of camel jockeys, and it's the fault of politicians that strip defense funding from our soldiers equipment and training, and hand it to bloated civilian contractors that do the same job at half the quality for three times the price.