Are we being left unable to meet our obligations and risking the lives of Marines and Sailors?

This can become very detrimental! It is a compounding problem, one you cannot just throw money at and expect it to be turned around. It compounds itself by using substandard training techniques and exercises, you develop bad habits that take time to reverse. This can truly become very detrimental.

I agree, Cpl Jeff N.. I think we all want to have a good attitude about budget cuts and to soldier on, no matter what, but - as General Dunford says - the administration may have to change the USA's national strategy if the cuts continue or go further than predicted. I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that sometimes less is just less. That's so true! We can do our best with less, but there will come a point when we must do less with less. That's just a fact.