Posted on 02/05/2025 8:48:06 PM PST by xxqqzz
The White House is seeking active-duty Army officers, in grades first lieutenant through major to serve as a White House military social aide. Selection is limited to officers assigned to the National Capitol Region or who are on orders to the NCR. Army Reserve and National Guard officers in the National Capital Region may apply; however, potential applicants must have active-duty orders with two or more years remaining in the National Capital Region at the time of application.
The White House Social Aide program is a volunteer additional duty. Those interested must include an 0-6 level endorsement from their chain of command. Social aides are expected to work an average of five to six events a month during the duty day, evenings and occasional weekends.
Interested officers must submit their application for consideration no later than March 15, 2024.
(Excerpt) Read more at army.mil ...
The White House job and her main job were both plum assignments. She may have had good ratings and/or connections. For White House social aide, one probably was expected to look sharp with military bearing etc. and probably be good with people and come off classy. It probably is a way to make political connections, and it helps to have connections to get that assignment. She probably had connections from her father the Duke physician.
They were probably practicing what they would do extracting VIPs and it may not have been particularly to test her skills. The warrant officer was talking to air traffic control, so she was probably the one flying.
You do not want to be extracting public officials by helicopter in the event of a nuclear war.
An Atlantic nuclear sub firing a nuke at DC would hit its target at five minutes absolute max (three minutes is possible).
That is just enough time to notify the dignitary or dignitaries, get them out of their offices and to the helipad and have them and you blown to smithereens.
(There are excellent tunnels underneath the White House and Congress that are much safer and the only reasonable option with short warning.)
Thank you for providing useful information. It’s a positive data-informed change from the suggestion by ellipsis, innuendo, creepy fixations and intentionally ignorant posts that became more prevalent after the mishap.
Sure. Keep beating that drum. Rest assured, that was her main duty. Any day that was her event, that was her full day.
And then of course, the day before the event, they have to go practice, meet, discuss etc.
IF she kept flying, it was showing up at the squadron just often enough to keep getting flight pay.
Guaranteed in that position, and in league with the sista-hood she had a standing hall pass form the regular duty.
And no commanding officer would dare dig into female lesbo too deeply. He gonna call the White Hut and start asjking questions? LOL no freakin way.
Aides volunteer on off duty hours.
6 - 15 hours a month.
Mostly nights and weekends.
An usher role, mostly.
Show up.
Park.
Don formal wear.
Escort/usher.
Dine.
Leave.
Contact with White House Secretary.
Aides volunteer on off duty hours.
6 - 15 hours a month.
Mostly nights and weekends.
An usher role, mostly.
Show up.
Park.
Don formal wear.
Escort/usher.
Dine.
Leave.
Contact with White House Secretary.
Okay. We need to find out if she was actually proficient in her job as the helicopter pilot.
Seems like it was not the case. Or she was out of practice. Perhaps it's been years.
I don’t see any reason to believe that she hadn’t flown a helicopter in years. The White House job was part time.
However, it could be that the White House connections etc. made it difficult for anyone to say much if she wasn’t a competent pilot.
I agree that extracting VIPs by helicopter may not be practical, but they probably developed that approach in the 1950s when it was.
Hopefully they don’t let them fly helicopters, especially if they’re airheads.
They need to do away with these stupid jobs.
They are nothing more than an escort service and errand boys/girls.
Anyway, we shouldn’t be extracting VIPs anyway. If they get us nuked, we should at least get a new government outta the deal.
Imagine being up topside, shooting it out with people walking into your neighborhood, eating expired Mac and Cheese, trying not to freeze at night, nowhere to plug in your phone.
And three weeks later, the DC clowns emerge shiny and clean from their bunkers, well fed and they try to reassert control.
No thanks!
You will hate this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Underground-Bases-Tunnels-Government-Trying/dp/0964497905
This was written in 1995—they have built a lot more underground infrastructure since then...
In a nuclear war scenario if anyone tells you to do anything but go underground they are trying to get you killed.
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