Rear Adm. Mark Buzby, USN Ret., the administrator of the US Maritime Administration, discusses the need to build a bigger US merchant marine fleet to support global operations at a time of great power competition and support American trade and military operations in peace and wartime with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and tradeshow near Washington, where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.