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Bryan McGrath
@ConsWahoo
Bryan McGrath (The Conservative Wahoo). American Exceptionalist. Great Power Competitor. Globalist, Primacist. Seapower. Cuck. It/We/They
Jun 11 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Senator--I applaud your continuing interest and leadership on these subjects, and I think your amendments are pointing in the right direction. But rather than making NAVSEA a four-star and giving him/her an 8 year term, I would like to recommend Congress re-commission the Naval Material Command, the demise of which was one of the very few big mistakes John Lehman made. There was at one time, a powerful, four-star command ATOP NAVSEA, NAVAIR, and NAVELEX. While I agree there needs to be both more horsepower and stability applied to shipbuilding,
May 26, 2023 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
Yes, that's right. I have some love for @USMC this morning. I've completed my review of the "Tentative Manual for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (2nd Edition)" and I see a bit of a positive shift. marines.mil/Portals/1/Docs… I am fully prepared to be corrected in this impression, but this is the first serious articulation of EABO as equally a creature of the competition phase (not just crisis and conflict) that I have seen. This is important (to me) because I've always seen EABO as an incredibly
May 5, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Wait--are you telling me that there are warships in this world that don't have to turn the ship to put countermeasures where they are most effective? (that is me being sarcastic). The US Navy has largely walked away from passive countermeasures that are effective against the OVERWHELMING number of ASM's in the world in no small measure because they could never put them where they needed to be (vs the threat). Trainable and elevatable countermeasure launchers have been an obvious solution for YEARS. I get it--there are high end threats that PCM can't
May 4, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
One day, after the end of regular working hours on USS PRINCETON (CG 59), I was sitting in my stateroom (XO at the time) when the CDO came to me. "You're not gonna believe this, XO. Come and see." We had a brow over amidships to a brow stand, and where the two met, a giant swarm of bees had congregated. They weren't going anywhere, and no one wished to hazard the walk past them to board or depart. I certainly wasn't about to do so. So I called the Duty Officer at the Naval Station to talk this one over. Did we have some kind of insect expert on a
May 4, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Very disappointed @GovLarryHogan is not running for the Senate in Maryland. nypost.com/2023/05/03/ex-… But as for the Senate being "quarrelsome", I just don't see it. In the summer of 2016, I thought deeply about a quixotic run for the seat Senator Cardin is vacating (2018 ballot). I gathered a bunch of friends for a cookout and chat to think it over. There was a "go/no-go" point in the deliberations, and that was "if Donald Trump wins in Nov
Mar 2, 2023 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
usni.org/magazines/proc…
My previous effort is apparently too difficult for some to read, so I chopped it up for the spoon eaters.

Two cheers for @ElbridgeColby in this @NavalInstitute
Proceedings piece. It is worth the read, and I found myself agreeing with much of it. The biggest idea (and the one that gets most of my agreement) is the focus on denial (rather than punishment) as the means for conventional deterrence.