Abolish the permanent standing armed forces of the United States

A simple proposal to anyone this may concern, or not: Abolish the permanent standing armed forces of the United States, and not like the National Guard or Coast Guard, but the Army, the Marines, the Air Force, that stuff. I know the Coast Guard is part of the federal military services too, but I don't know, maritime law enforcement is very important so it's needed. And the navy too, although it could be downsized a lot. But anyway, the reasons and arguments for suggesting it. One, the money spent on a constant permanent army, in the hundreds of billions, is obscene,  especially in an economic recession. That money could be going into so many other things. Two, the Cold War is over, even if a ton of people don't think it, such as Congress, Israeli leadership, Russian leadership, Iranian leadership. A large giant military complex is great unnecessary for situations these days. Three, it would be a great example of a state abandoning power projection tactics and such, and while some might say it's a sign of weakness to enemy nations who will then invade us, to them I say "try to think outside the conspiracy bubble". Fourth, abolishing a permanent military might make diplomatic relations and foreign policy much less militaristic, where the emphasis is on power and force in a geopolitical dick-length contest, maybe, I'm still getting used to the time change and my head's still a little loopy. Fifth, I like peace, and I don't want a future where warfare could erupt and we all die (as seen in any future-set Call of Duty game), or at least some do very painfully. Getting rid of the world's top armed forces could make that a much lower chance of happening. Sixth, a lot of problems over the years all over the world can be attributed to use (or probably misuse and abuse) of the military in situations, for example the US-Mexico war, interventions in the banana republics, the Spanish-American war, IS from after the Iraq War, I could go on. Although to be fair, a lot of problems that came back later were made by non-armed figures doing stuff, such as the US giving support to various unsavory (to say the least) figures if they were anti-Communist, such as Batista, Trujillo, Savimbi, the mujaheddin, Diem in South Vietnam, et cetera, without direct armed invasions. Plus, I'm just opposed to lots and lots of violence and such.

Now I'm not suggesting completely doing away with armed forces in the United States, because in a perfect world I'd suggest completely abolishing it, threats, emergencies, and unexpected problems do occur (the odds are a different story). My proposal is the permanent standing armed forces under the Department of Defense be gotten rid of and very much downsized to very small standby uniformed services, but with the ability for rapid troop build-up in case of an emergency where absolutely no other solution than armed force and defense can be worked out, and Congress decides to raise an army. Also, I propose closing all overseas bases, since with a much smaller organization it'd be difficult to upkeep. In addition, military R&D would be similarly downsized, and most of it put into peaceful and civilian purpose, while personnel currently enlisted could choose to sign up for new non-military groups that would be directly based on a lot of functions previously held by the military system in some cases, such as international humanitarian work. and veterans would get more benefits and help due to the freed-up budget.

So that's the post. I left out more "radical" and out-there stuff because I couldn't come up with any (So don't say I'm being a sellout). Comment if you have any additional stuff I didn't write down, or if you have your own proposals and alternatives.