Sorry looks like missed the tail. It's US Navy not United States of America written there. Looks like some VIP doesn't have his helo.
VH-3D (HC-2) — Executive Transport
I suspect that the VIP in question (likely an admiral) figures that there's a better use for a heavy lift chopper in NO than hauling his butt around.
I don't think we would have seen that sort of thing out of the idiots we had for leaders in Vietnam, or some of the Clinton twits.