Army – The Musings of the Big Red Car https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:08:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 The Secretary of the Army is Misquided https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-secretary-of-the-army-is-misquided/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-secretary-of-the-army-is-misquided Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:08:57 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=11244 The actual title of this blog post was “The Secretary of the Army is a Moron” but I modified it to be less contentious. Know that in my heart, I believe she’s a moron. Who is the Secretary of the Army, Big Red Car? Joe Biden — huge Noah’s Ark talent handicapper — nominated Christine […]

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]]> The Militarization of Independence Day https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-militarization-of-independence-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-militarization-of-independence-day Sat, 06 Jul 2019 15:15:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=7537 Your Big Red Car was finishing his third all-beef, mustarded, and relished hot dog on a brioche bun of the holiday weekend when he noted a reporter decrying the “militarization of Independence Day.” The thesis of the report was that the militarization of Independence Day was inappropriate. This thought was driven by the static display […]

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]]> The Age of Freedom – Twenty-two https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-age-of-freedom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-age-of-freedom Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:13:17 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=7367 The average age of the American soldiers who jumped into France or landed at Normandy was twenty-two. That includes everyone including the men running the show. Plenty of those who fought were as young as eighteen. When good confronted evil, when the flame of freedom flickered, the men sent to make it right were young. […]

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]]> Memorial Day — The View From Another Direction https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/memorial-day-the-view-from-another-direction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memorial-day-the-view-from-another-direction Mon, 27 May 2019 19:11:26 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=7316 Having been an Army brat, having grown up on Army posts, having a mother and father who served in World War II, having a father who was a career soldier, having been educated at Virginia Military Institute, and having served in the Army for five years — I have a view of Memorial Day from […]

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]]> Platoon Sergeants, the Secret Sauce https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/platoon-sergeants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=platoon-sergeants Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:03:51 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=6355 Platoon sergeants, God bless them all! Big Red Car here on another perfect Texas spring day. Ahhhh, on Earth as it is in Austin By God Texas, y’all. The Boss was up in Lexington, Virginia recently to give a talk at an entrepreneurs event. Lexington is, of course, the home of his alma mater, Virginia […]

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