Exactly.
Our constitution is a miracle of good governance, and the relative roles of the naval and army services are are included in that miracle.
Big wars come when big wars come. Armies are intended to be raised for those big wars and stood down once those big wars are over. The Cold War really F'd us up in terms of how we think about what "right" looks like for our military. The Army wants to be way too large, and our Air Force wants to be way too important, and our Navy thinks it needs to continue to "contain" past threats.
We have an old misson that must be contexed against the current environment. That should be far easier that most tend to make it.
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