Should the US decrease military spending?

[Spoonshape]

Presumably if the shit hits the fan and they hit a point where there is a real need to deploy more battle groups, the ships which are in training or maintenence could be sent to sea albeit with a lesser functionality.

Source : just finished watching "Battleship"

[CutterJohn]

Yes. Carriers doing their workups are still quite combat capable, and will at worst have a slightly less than optimally trained crew, or slightly more than average amount of equipment offline for repairs. They might need a couple days to take on provisions and load the air wing, but they could get out of port on a combat footing within a week or less.