I can't imagine a country not having some sort of military to defend their citizenry

Absolutely, there always needs to be defenders of the land and people from adversaries.

I hope Yeshua comes soon because this world is getting crazier and crazier by the day

It seems this mess will not be corrected until the final authority is here on earth on His rightful throne. I'm looking forward to the day the nations beat swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks and forget the art of war. But prophetically, Joel 3:10 comes before Isaiah 2:4