Author Archive

Bryan McGrath

Managing Director, The FerryBridge Group

Bryan McGrath is the Managing Director of The FerryBridge Group LLC, a consultancy with clients in government and industry. Since 2006, (among other things) he has been the primary author of a Navy strategy document, co-developed the Navy’s Distributed Lethality concept, co-authored a think tank report on the use of the aircraft carrier in high end warfare, and co-authored a think tank report on a Navy fleet architecture alternative. He has written and lectured widely on Navy force structure, concepts, capabilities, and systems.
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The US is not serious about aircraft carriers—or their industrial base

Congress should reject the Navy’s plan to increase the gaps between new carriers.

  • Bryan McGrath
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The Navy Put Its Next Amphib on Hold. Good.

The proposal to build a slow and combat-shy Light Amphibious Warship raises questions about a key Marine Corps operating concept.

  • Bryan McGrath
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Ending Production of This Warship Is a Mistake

The Navy’s new shipbuilding plan would replace all but three more LPD-17s with a vague plan to get started on a replacement class.

  • Bryan McGrath
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Back Off, Congress: Don’t Meddle With the US Navy’s Command Philosophy

A proposal to force surface-ship officers to specialize would undermine a conceptual pillar of the world’s dominant naval power.

  • Bryan McGrath
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How This US Navy Admiral Gives In to China Is Exactly What's Wrong With US Power Today

Authoritarian regimes are taking advantage of US passivity to gain territory, a phenomenon many thought extinct.

  • Jerry Hendrix and Bryan McGrath