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USAA isn't that bad, they're just not as good as they used to be... Two weeks ago I was sideswiped by a semi going through an intersection onto Kelly Field. I wasn't hurt, but my Toyota was banged up pretty bad (was eventually totaled). I filed a claim online when I got home and a USAA rep called me soon after. Eventually I ended up working directly with Progressive (the truck driver's insurance) to handle the claim, but USAA had my back if I needed help. By the way, Progressive was very good about handling my claim as well. Once I sent them the dash cam footage of the incident, they got to work getting my car appraised and getting me a rental car. I was lucky in that I quickly found a replacement (a 2013 VW Jetta SportWagen TDI) in Austin and picked it up last Sunday. The Progressive rep also instructed me to scan my signed title in and email it to her so she could start working the reimbursement instead of waiting for it to arrive via FedEx in a day or two. On a downside, I had driven to Austin on Friday to look at the Jetta and on my way back stopped at USAA to get a certified check for the purchase, only to find their bank lobby still closed due to COVID despite restrictions being eased up and many other banks being open. I ended up having to do a wire transfer, which only happens on business days which could have delayed my getting my new-to-me car had not the seller been willing to work out a means to allow me to get it last weekend. Overall, USAA isn't the company they once were, and I am not happy with their selling of their investment program to Charles Schwab (which I am ready to move away from); but living in SA they are still the most convenient insurance/bank around. I have yet to find anyone significantly better...

Sorry, increased government involvement is not the answer either. Implement your suggestions ("Get rid of the admins, make it criminal to price gouge on materials, encourage the production of generic drugs, and provide incentive to non profit insurance companies") then sit back and watch our health system crumble. It's an industry, and one that requires money to flourish. In my six decades on this planet I have seen great medical advances that have extended and better the lives of many people. In the 1970s, cancer was pretty much a death sentence; now the majority of people survive it. The progress took a lot of money, but it also saved a lot of lives. I have seen socialized societies work. Germany is a great example. The roads are perfect, the air clean, and the quality of life is high (I would say higher than this country). All it cost the Germans was a large percentage of their income and many rights and liberties. If you want to pay up to 45% in income tax, you too could enjoy the benefits of the government spending your money as it wishes. But that is not how this country was founded. It was built on the inalienable rights of the individual. Our government, especially at the Federal level, needs to be less involved in our lives, not more. If Biden wins the presidency, that will not be the trend...

To their credit, the DPRK knows how to put on a show! DPRK_75th_Anniversary_Parade.mp4

Why is Billy Corgan hosting SNL?!?

Otherwise, Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center is located on Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado... https://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/ https://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/HQ-RIO/Directory/ https://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/Contact/ https://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1321740/military-personnel-record-or-official-document-requests/ The Master Personnel Record Group (MPerRGp) contains all permanent military personnel documents such as the DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD Form 4, Enlistment or Reenlistment Agreement - Armed Forces of the United States Oaths of Office, special orders, performance reports, etc and is electronically maintained in the Automated Records Management System (ARMS). HQ Air Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC) maintains the master personnel record for all Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve (AFR) Airmen regardless of status. The Officer Selection Record (OSR), which is part of the MPerRGp, is created and maintained by HQ ARPC (Promotion Secretariat Division) for all ANG and AF Reserve officers.

301st Fighter Wing?

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/36970/all-the-ways-the-f-35-tried-to-kill-its-pilot-prior-to-eglin-afb-crash

This popped up in my feed today... https://military-savings.net/savings-irs/

Welcome to the club. Been a member for over 14 years now. Haven't strayed far, but still miss it!

This should have been Trump's strategy! Trump Announces He Will Simply Let Joe Biden Talk For The Full 90 Minutes And a slight change in image!

To be honest, I prefer to OC; but given how things have been lately, I do find myself carrying concealed more often just not to set off anyone. Not that I care, I just prefer to avoid the drama. For concealed carry I go with a cheap and simple Uncle Mike's neoprene IWB. Carried that way for years, mostly a full-sized Springfield XD-45 but lately a XD-S for comfort, and never had an issue doing so. Just remember if you're carrying in the small of the back to get the opposite holster (i.e. righthanded shooter should get a lefthanded holster) for easier draw!

The USAF already had telework for some office functions...

Then there was this...

This one? 🤣🤣 🤣 Yes, it's in German; but everything's funnier in German!

I just saw a Biden commercial. Is he trying to get people to vote for Trump?!?

Holy shit, this is brilliant! 🤣🤣 🤣

Really? If anyone isn't suspicious as to the timing of this "news," they are blindly naïve! If such a statement was made, especially in front of John Kelly, it would have been newsworthy two years ago. I call BS. And if anything believes the Democrats are going to treat the military any better, you need professional help!

Explain.

Just one question. Do you honestly believe Biden will be any better? /argument

Ahhhh.....THE Navy!

Still makes far more sense than the shit that spews out of Biden's pie hole!