Time for a little conservative boycott of Government Employees Insurance COmpany (GEICO).
Posted on 08/26/2012 1:01:27 AM PDT by Sensei Ern
R. Lee Ermy says GEICO fired him for dissing Obama.
It was my undestanding that he was originally assigned to and trained with the Big Red One in Fort Benning Georgia. That paratroop unit was his original unit and I assumed that it was part of the Big Red One. My father was very proud of being a member of the paratroopers as well he should have been. He broke both ankles in a training accident when something on one of the rigs that they used to simulate jumps on the ground broke, this caused him to have to transfer to air corp where he spent the duration as a turret gunner on B-24's where he flew missions while being stationed first in North Africa, then Sicily, and Italy.
My father was very proud of making that paratroop unit as there were a lot of soldiers who wanted to be in the unit but could not pass the rigid physical tests required. He always fondly spoke of training with the Big Red One at Fort Benning, Georgia.
That is probably an accurate statement that he did train with the Big Red One and I was in error saying that he served in the Big Red One. I should have said the he served with or trained with the Big Red One.
I appreciate that you read this forum close enough to question any fact that may be in error. It keeps people honest and accurate. I am honest and I always intend to be accurate, but like most people I miss that mark too often.
Geico was obviously playing with the fact that Geico sounded similar to Gecko, and since the gecko did not have any of the accents of the many other warmer climate countries where geckos could be found, I always associated this Geico gecko with Australia. Even though I understand their is a difference between a Brit accent and Australian accent, I have difficulty telling the difference unless Australian slang is used.
I’ve had Farmers Auto for years. No one comes even close in price and thus far, in service. I’ve only had one serious claim, more than 25 years ago, the others have been minor, so it’s hard to tell what things would be like in a sticky situation.
I’m sure the area where a person lives, driving habits, vehicles, and drivers age all factor in. Now our premiums for full coverage on two vehicles is so low that there is very little incentive to shop around.
USAA was originally only for active duty or retired military officers and their dependents. Their actuaries probably noted that officers were a more heads up lot and simply had better driving records. USAA have a reputation of being a very together outfit that actually pays dividends to its policy holders. I’ve been with them for 40 years and have had a couple of moving violations and fender benders with zero rate increase. I have nothing but good to say about them.
Not when it is being used to keep tabs on how many miles you drive and adjust your insurance rates accordingly.
My late father had All-State many years ago but changed after seeing a car that had a sign in the window saying "All-State didn't pay." Apart from that I wouldn't ever go with All-State because of their annoying commercials (can't stand that arrogant actor who is their main spokesman).
Hehe, I've seen that. That was funny. Guess the ad didn't work though, since I can't remember the name of the company.
Actually, being a low mileage driver, I don’t mind.
During the First World War (WWI), Billy Mitchell proposed to have the 1st Division in the Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF) in France conduct a combat parachute drop. The plan was aborted.
The 1st Division was stationed at Fort Benning only two times during the Second World War (WWII), both occasions being relatively brief. The first occasion was before the Japanese attack on Pealr Harbor and before the first paratroop unit, the 1st paratroop Test Platoon, was organized. The second occasion was a very brief one month period shortly after the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor and redesignation as the 1st Infantry Division, after which the division moved to its embarkation port to be stationed in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). Paratroopers and paratrooper units were not components of the 1t Infantry Division, and there do not appear to be any instances in which a paratroop unit was attached to the 1st Infantry Division in training or in combat operations.
The paratrooper training at Fort Benning was conducted by the Parachute Test Platoon or 1st parachute Test Platoon and successors such as the 1st Parachute Training Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia. Their first volunteers were recruited from the 29th Infantry Regiment, a training unit responsible for building Fort Benning in the interwar period.
The above circumstances are the reason why it is curiously unusual to see it said that a member of the “Big Red One” was involved in paratrooper training in the Second World War at Fort Benning. It would make sense if it were the 101st Airborne Division, but the 1st Infantry Division wasn't even present at Fort Benning during the paratrooper training other than a few weeks in April to May 1942. Even in that brief month long period, there were no parachute units in the 1st Infantry Division, and the Fort Benning parachute training units were not components or attached units of the 1st Infantry Division.
Given the 1st Division's abortive role in the history of paratroopers in the First World War, the suggestion of any role in the Second World War would be noteworthy, if it could be confirmed.
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My father, who is dead, was a bombadier on a PT Boat.
I hope your dad gets better.
For me - no offense taken - I was just messing with ya!
Blessings
Mel
It has something to do with our Constitutional right to privacy more than anything else. Stop light cameras do not affect me since I always stop, but there is still the Constitutionality of the spying that is the question... at least that is the conservative view.
your argument has some standing provided you join in creating a system of privately owned roads.
Time for a little conservative boycott of Government Employees Insurance COmpany (GEICO).
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