I do not buy into the notion that there is "too much peace" nowadays and that all of the Combat Hungry Kids of the Nintendo Baby Generation don't want to join unless they can spend their entire tour dodging copper penetrator IEDs in 120 degree heat in RAGHEDISTAN.
I think the exact opposite is true...kids who aren't college bound want to join a safe peace time military just long enough to learn a marketable skill and to qualify for GI BILL..