The first two articles use the exact same data to say the exact same thing - Army and Marines returning from deployments were using survival driving skills learned in the combat zone when they came back home. Those driving skills that saved their lives in combat conditions are/were inappropriate for dealing with the grannies, goofballs, drunks, stoners, and incompetents driving the state-side highways. The third article was less alarmist.
The articles had no breakout of which insurance providers were more or less affected by these claims, so unless you've got some specific data that proves that USAA was more than usually affected by the claims, your claim that it's all the NCOs, enlisteds, and their spouses is garbage.
I (just for the hell of it and not to be taken seriously) claim that it's officer's wives that get drunk and get into accidents, especially when Daddy is deployed and Jody's at the wheel. Oh, and let's not forget the other groups that can be blamed, you know, the Asians, the Hispanics, the damned Canucks, the blasted Portagee... You see my point, "Sir"??
Get you some better data, and get off your f*ng high horse. As an officer, you're supposed to treat all Servicemembers with respect. We respect officers due to their implied capacity, and later as they earn it on their own. You seem to have forgotten that. Speaking as a former senior non-com, you haven't earned mine. Yet.
As (evidently) an Air Force pilot, you were told you were the best, the cream of the crop, everybody looked up to you, you were the shining knights of the sky, amirite?? Nope, you're a jockey of aluminum and diesel. You were fed the propaganda and you ate it all up. Yummy.
In all wars, past and present, has an aerial force, no matter how competent at dropping bombs from 30,000 feet, ever won a war? No. It's always the lowly ground-pounder, the bullet-stopper, the grunt, and it's historically accurate to say it's the Army that does it, finally. The Marines, God bless them, are too small a force to have the mass of troops needed. We appreciate your support, but that's all it is, support. You want to win the war, park your shiny toy, pick up a rifle, and join the Joes. Yes, we need air support, like A-10s & such, plus some area denial, but Arty, Infantry, and Armor can power through when needed.
Personally, I love officers. They're the ones that sit in meetings so I didn't have to and get their brains burnt-out with PowerPoint. Bless every one of them, the poor bastards. I'd provide them with useful information and they'd turn it to a rotating cluster, just for their OERs.
I'm done.
arty
