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re: Helicopter crash update

Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:37 pm to
Posted by Toomer Deplorable
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:37 pm to
Posted by bayou2
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:45 pm to


... this was a coordinated hit ...

from the very beginning
You will see
Posted by Toomer Deplorable
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:46 pm to
quote:

A culture of incompetence




The entire CoC that signed off on this training mission should be held accountable and face some measure of impactful repercussions.
Posted by Toomer Deplorable
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:57 pm to
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... this was a coordinated hit ...


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Whatever the case, there certainly was a coordinated DoD/MSM coverup about this pilot’s social media history. The Lobach Effect, similar to the Streisand Effect, is now at play here.

The Army’s seemingly preferential treatment in “protecting” the privacy of Lobach has not only brought more attention to Lobach’s background, it has fostered suspicions that the investigation may be tainted because the Army is trying to hide something in Lobach’s background. It is the Army — NOT online speculation — that has politicized Lobach’s background.



The Army’s Special Treatment of Capt. Rebecca Lobach | Favoritism Inevitably Draws Scrutiny: The Army’s Special Treatment of Capt. Rebecca Lobach Fuels Speculation and Dishonors all Who Perished in the Recent DC Air Collision


On Saturday the U.S. Army released the name of the second pilot—reported to have been pilot in command — of the Blackhawk helicopter that collided with American Airlines flight 5342 over the Potomac River, killing 67 people. This was a marked departure from Army policy that states “Names, city, and state of deceased will be withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification.”

This was the standard process used to identify the other two members of the Army’s flight crew, Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Eaves, and Staff Sgt. Ryan O'Hara. It is the same process used to identify soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan — a process I followed as a military public affairs officer for over 20 years. Army public affairs officials followed the same procedures to publicly identify soldiers who died in not-too-distant helicopter crashes in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alaska.

Yet, in an unusual deviation, the Army selectively withheld Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach’s identity for an additional two days. When her name was finally released over the weekend, the Army included a family statement of eulogy that praised Lobach and requested privacy. Army officials claim that violating its own rules was done to respect Lobach’s family’s wishes, but that decision casts an unnecessary shadow over her service and memory.

If the Army wanted to lessen the grief suffered by Capt. Lobach’s family, it used the worst tactics possible. Those who deliberately hid, and are hiding, information from public view activated the Streisand Effect, drawing further attention to what they want to hide. Unfortunately, such malpractice is characteristic of the Army’s public affairs apparatus at top levels.

The Army’s public affairs code of "Maximum Disclosure, Minimum Delay" is often cited but never enforced. This is a well-known problem that refuses to self-correct. It will demand attention from the Pentagon’s new leadership to force a solution.

This sets a precedent that will make the jobs of commanders, public affairs officers, and casualty notification officers more difficult going forward. Regulations lose legitimacy when selectively enforced.



This post was edited on 4/27/25 at 1:59 pm
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:58 pm to

"Excuse me, I'm piloting!"


Posted by 19
Flux Capacitor, Fluxing
Member since Nov 2007
34927 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:01 pm to
That's what happens when you man-splain a lib bitch.
Posted by Adventure Junkie
St. Louis
Member since Nov 2024
290 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:01 pm to
Incompetent dyke

Good riddance
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
10810 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:04 pm to
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She is a strong independent woman. She doesn’t have to listen to a man tell her what to do.


Muh girl boss.
Posted by FriendofBaruch
Member since Mar 2025
111 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:08 pm to
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She is a strong independent woman. She doesn’t have to listen to a man tell her what to do.

A girl Boss' work is never complete

until either a suicide, including or otherwise the death of 64 in the Potomac

But the demographic DEI got done
Posted by hawgfaninc
https://youtu.be/torc9P4-k5A
Member since Nov 2011
49541 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:18 pm to
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She had absolutely zero business anywhere near that helicopter.

DEI kills 64

Trump was right again
Posted by Great Plains Drifter
Flyover, U.S.A.
Member since Jul 2019
7153 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:20 pm to
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She doesn’t have to listen to a man tell her what to do.


If so, she took care of that situation permanently for herself. Unfortunately, a lot of additional souls got to be included.
Posted by 2024GoTigas
Member since Mar 2024
310 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:22 pm to
I found this tidbit intresting as well . I had not heard this before today. Possibly explains the delay in releasing her name. Optics damage control in action.

quote:

She was also a White House military social aide in the Biden administration.



https://www.foxnews.com/us/black-hawk-pilot-failed-heed-flight-instructor-moments-before-plane-collision-over-dc-report
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
2346 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:25 pm to
I'm confused how that works. He gives her multiple commands that went unfollowed. Why didn't he act? Doesn't he have controls as well?
Posted by Chrome
Chromeville
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:28 pm to
I guessing this was a suicide.
Posted by beaux duke
Member since Oct 2023
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 2:39 pm to
quote:

... this was a coordinated hit ...

from the very beginning
You will see

yup. it's the only thing that makes sense. that plane was packed with murky figures from deep figure skating
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 3:06 pm to
If true, that's 100% on the male instructor. WTF was he thinking?
Posted by bayou2
New Orleans, LA
Member since Feb 2007
3461 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 3:06 pm to


... say,

where is Hunter Biden these days?

Anyone know???
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
22381 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 3:21 pm to
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If true, that's 100% on the male instructor. WTF was he thinking?


Correct. At the end of the day it’s hard to blame the female 100% here when there was an instructor that could have taken over if he felt it was truly needed
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
14436 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 3:35 pm to
Who goes through all that work to become a pilot and then becomes a flunky aid at the White House?
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
22381 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 3:36 pm to
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Who goes through all that work to become a pilot and then becomes a flunky aid at the White House?


Someone that doesn’t want to be a pilot but wants to be a politician
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