Military – The Musings of the Big Red Car

US Navy Cultural Narcissism and Recruiting

Big Red Car — Sat, 06 May 2023 13:03:41 +0000

The US Navy has had a tough time meeting its recruiting goals. Putting that into numbers, it had a FY 2023 goal of adding 37,700 enlisted sailors and is projecting a shortfall of 6,000. They also failed to hit the numbers in FY 2022. I think the problem is “cultural narcissism.” Read on and learn […]

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The US Army Budget Under President Biden

Big Red Car — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:26:35 +0000

It is not difficult to understand the Biden approach to governance and the military priorities of his administration if one studies the Biden FY 2022 budget submittal — made late on a Friday night before an extended holiday weekend because it is not something they are proud of. I focus solely on the US Army […]

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Military Diversity and Inclusion Is NOT a National Security Issue

Big Red Car — Tue, 11 May 2021 19:56:36 +0000

Recently the Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III (a former General and West Point gradate) made comments indicating the current status of diversity and inclusion in the American military at the general officer strata rises to the level of a “national security risk.” In the military when they want to scare the civilians or […]

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Understanding The Chain of Command — Aircraft Carrier Commander Relieved

Big Red Car — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 21:01:44 +0000

The military is an organization designed to operate under the most trying situations — combat with America’s enemies. It is a hard warrior culture. Men are given command of meaningful warfighting assets — aircraft carriers, fighter wings, divisions, landing forces — within a chain of command that goes both up (superiors) and down (subordinates). Any […]

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Welcome Home

Big Red Car — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 05:18:29 +0000

I was at Lowes today buying a dehumidifier for a little stone repair I am in the midst of. It seems that water got behind some Carrera marble and some pinwheel stone flooring and I have to suck it out using a huuuuuuge dehumidifier. So, I park at the Veterans Parking Spaces at Lowes. I […]

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The Age of Freedom – Twenty-two

Big Red Car — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:13:17 +0000

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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Generals v Politicians

Big Red Car — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 20:54:25 +0000

Big Red Car here on a sunny Christmas Eve awaiting Christmas and the Prince of Peace which brings me to the subject of generals, politicians, and wars. As a soldier (combat engineer officer), I spent a lot of time around generals. As a class of the species, they represent the top 0.1% of any year […]

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder — PTSD

Big Red Car — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:32:40 +0000

PTSD — Big Red Car here on a somber Saturday in the ATX. Bit cold, but quite bright and headed to 60F. So, the BRC has been around soldiers his whole life. The Boss, the BRC owner, was a soldier as was his father and mother. He grew up on Army posts and was educated […]

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Veterans Administration Changes — Culture

Big Red Car — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:44:17 +0000

The toxic culture at the Veterans Administration is finally getting some overdue attention. Bravo! Big Red Car here on an incredibly beautiful Texas day. Will be hot, sunny, and Texas. On Earth as it is in Texas, y’all! So, big things going on over at the Veterans Administration. Finally! In late June, the President signed […]

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NATO Allies, Ungrateful Freeloaders?

Big Red Car — Tue, 30 May 2017 18:15:25 +0000

NATO allies are ungrateful freeloaders, Big Red Car? Not all of them, just some. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, having spent a few days with President Donald J Trump in Washington, DC and now having spent a NATO Summit and G7 meeting utters: “The times when we could fully rely upon others are to some extent […]

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