The Army Black Hawk that collided with an American Airlines passenger jet in Washington D.C. was reportedly training for an event in which the White House would be evacuated.
The Army confirmed that three soldiers, who all perished, had been rehearsing a plan that involved the evacuation of the White House when their Black Hawk collided with American Airlines flight 5342 just before 9 pm on Wednesday night.
As soon as news broke that the collision had involved a military aircraft, online commentators immediately began to speculate about the purpose of the helicopter's flight with some commentators correctly speculating that they were conducting a training exercise involving evacuating the president.
Defense officials confirmed that the helicopter was rehearsing for a Continuity of Government contingency plan which would involve evacuating key staff from the White House in the event of an emergency.
COG contingency plans are a set of procedures designed to ensure that government functions are preserved during and after a catastrophic event, like a nuclear or chemical attack on Washington D.C.
Two of the crew members were identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves and crew chief Staff Sergeant Ryan O'Hara but the identity of the third was withheld by the Army at the request of the family.
This immediately drew the attention of Americans as this was an unusual situation. Typically, the identities of deceased soldiers are withheld until "next-of-kin" are notified, but the family is trying to withhold the identity past that point.
Information still began to leak out as it was revealed that the third soldier was a female co-pilot who was reportedly flying during the time of the collision.
Eventually, the identity of the third crewmember was released despite an apparent attempt by the family to scrub all social media and references.
The third crewmember was identified as Captain Rebecca Lobach which immediately drummed up speculation that this tragedy may have been caused by DEI policies pushed aggressively by the Biden administration in the armed forces.
The fact that Lobach's family made the unusual move of requesting her identity be hidden while they worked to scrub her social media suggests there could be something strange happening.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies have been pushed hard by the Biden administration in the armed forces and the most notable sign of these policies is the push to have women in combat positions as well as in critical roles flying aircraft.
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been talking extensively about DEI in the armed forces ever since Wednesday's tragedy suggesting that Lobach may have been pushed into a situation she wasn't ready for in order to tick off DEI quotas.
Internet sleuths have since discovered that Lobach was a lesbian who attended LGBTQ+ pride events and served as a social aid to the Biden White House which further raises questions about what was wiped from Lobach's social media.
The truth is likely to come out in the coming days as the Trump administration has sworn to transparency and is going to do everything possible to get all the information out to those families grieving the loss of their loved ones in this terrible accident.
