Badges - Osprey To Swoop For WH Lawn

From: "Thomason, Ronald" <Ronald.Thomason@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:10:46 -0700
Osprey To Swoop For WH Lawn
By Colin Clark<http://www.dodbuzz.com/author/cclark/> Wednesday, April 21st, 
2010 2:09 pm
Posted in Air<http://www.dodbuzz.com/category/air-warfare/>, 
Policy<http://www.dodbuzz.com/category/policy/>

If the White House and Pentagon have figured out how to fix the interagency 
process that helped doom the first stab at a new presidential helicopter, Navy 
Secretary Ray Mabus didn't make it crystal clear this morning.

I asked Mabus who was in charge of the program and he said the Navy has the 
administrative program lead and Ash Carter coordinates the program for the 
Pentagon. I pressed him to find out who really has the program lead and about 
the role of the White House (aka Secret Service working with the WH Military 
Office) and he paused for a long time. Then he let it lie.

According to the Military Office's website, it: "oversees policy related to 
WHMO functions and Department of Defense assets and ensures that White House 
requirements are met with the highest standards of quality... The WHMO units 
include the White House Communications Agency, Presidential Airlift Group, 
White House Medical Unit, Camp David, Marine Helicopter Squadron One, 
Presidential Food Service, and the White House Transportation Agency. To assure 
proper coordination and integration, the WHMO also includes support elements 
such as operations; policy, plans, and requirements; administration, 
information resource management; financial management and comptroller; WHMO 
counsel; and security."

Let's hope that the program's players know who is really in charge and just 
don't want to talk about it. Finally, Mabus also said he wished he'd been on 
the job earlier in the program. "It'd be a lot easier if Id been around," he 
said, smiling. Perhaps head banging was needed and he is adept at it?

Meanwhile, it may seem an unlikely choice but Bell Helicopter and Boeing say 
they are likely players in the presidential helicopter competition. They told 
Defense Daily that they are "preparing a response to the RFI request with a 
VV-22 solution."

Imagine the sight of a V-22 swooping down to the White House lawn with those 
enormous blades. Great advertising for the capability. After all, if the White 
House deems it safe enough to carry the president then it must be ready for 
prime time, anywhere and any time.
Ron Thomason
District Attorney's Office
Regional Justice Center
Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada
Team L-2
Ronald.Thomason@xxxxxxxxxx
Office (702) 671-0912
Cell (702) 592-2768


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